"The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'"

-- Stanley Fish

#Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“[David] Mamet's the writer I admire most but he's way off from when he tries to talk about what the moral appeal of liberal thought is. His heart is not in it.”
“I will do my duty no matter what the price, I've counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice. Oh, and I don't want to die for you, but if dying is asked of me, I'll bear that cross of honor cause freedom don't come free.”
“My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry.”
“Getting kicked out of the American Bar Association is like getting kicked out of the Book-of-the-Month Club.”
“I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes.”

Source : "O'Donnell hits the national stage" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. September 17, 2010.
“Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.”
“Hereâ€™s the million-dollar question: how are you going to write this book if youâ€™re afraid to start writing? Give your friend Doubt a name, and then block his calls.”
“I love having critics for breakfast”

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