1525 Short Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to chapter books. Chapters are often long... 10 pages can seem like a lifetime to a young reader. Then reading becomes laborious and serious. That's why some of the chapters in my books are very short. Rhea Perlman

Son Chapter Words Long Trouble Picture Reading Few Young Books Chapters Kids Some Seem Lifetime Picture Books Like Leap Reader Becomes Making Lots Very Laborious Often Short Sentences Then Pages Serious Including Why

I'm definitely trying to make longer songs, but if it's short and good, I'm not going to do anything about it. Rich Brian

Good Definitely About Songs Longer Make Trying Going Short Anything

Once, I thought I had a novel, and it turned out it was only a short story. I wrote about 800 pages, but it ended up being a short story. And if it ever happens to me again, I Will Go Insane. Richard Bausch

The Muslim Brotherhood, or 'the Brotherhood' for short, is an Islamic group founded in Egypt in 1928. It has been pursuing a secret campaign to take over the government since its creation. Richard Engel

Government Creation Group Secret Has-Been Muslim Brotherhood Pursuing Take Over Since Islamic Been Campaign Egypt Short Founded

A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely. Richard K. Morgan

Work Single Down Typical Would Well Condense Quite Maybe Short Short Story Story Pages Graphic Novel Nicely

I have done some short pieces that are not horror. Richard King

Some Horror Pieces Done Short

It's my life. I only got one, and it's very short. You don't get long. Richard Marquand

Life You My Life Long Only Got Very Get Short

I tend to be one of those who does not equate democratization with the holding of elections. The emphasis ought to be on such things as rule of law, economic reform, and promotion of a free media - in short, essentially independent, free institutions. Richard N. Haass

Law Free Holding Ought Rule Rule Of Law Those Independent Promotion Economic Tend Emphasis Institutions Democratization Equate Does Reform Short Essentially Elections Who Such Things Media Things

Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up! Rick Perry

I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning 52 games in a short period of time. I loved coaching Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley and all those guys. Rick Pitino

Time Those Atlantic Charles Guys Winning Division Knicks Period Because Won Going Short Short Period Loved Coaching Games Championship

Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon the edge of the existential cliff since Hiroshima. In short, we endure. Rick Yancey

You Edge Think Our Has-Been About Remarkably Since Cliff Hiroshima Been Existential Human Short Endure Human Beings Beings Species Resilient

Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, 'The 5th Wave,' explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us. Rick Yancey

Hope Better Believe Wave Extraterrestrial Our Crisis Latter Possibilities Frankly Out Outcome Find Scenario Both Never Genre Sci-Fi Because Encounter Existence Existential End Short Represents Us Explored Novel

I was in several bands before I joined Judas Priest. Being in those early unknown bands were the stepping stones, really, so I learned a lot in those short few years jumping from one band to another. Rob Halford

Before Band Few Unknown Several Those Joined Priest Stepping Judas Judas Priest Learned Another Were Years Lot Jumping Bands Stones Short Being Really Early

I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career. Rob Van Dam

Me Style Give Give Me Supposed Short Career

Drew McFedries was the hardest hitter I've ever been around. A big, strong, athletic guy with power. He didn't have to hit you with a hard shot or load up - even the little short shots could hurt you. Robbie Lawler

You Hurt Strong Power Big Athletic Drew Guy Could He Around Been Up Hit Hitter Short Little Shot Shots Hard Even Ever Hardest Load

A short story is one idea; a novel is a whole soup of them. Robert J. Sawyer

Idea Soup Short Short Story Story Them Whole Novel

The traditional route to success in science fiction is by making a name for yourself in short fiction, so people who read science fiction magazines will recognize your byline on a novel. Robert J. Sawyer

Success Science Yourself People Will Recognize Magazines Name Read Science Fiction Making Traditional Short Fiction Your Who Novel Route

Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes. Robert Mankoff

Life Fruit Changes Cartoons Ideal Studying Like Make Because Short Short Life Them Cycle Use Flies Large Biologists Hereditary

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck. Robert Sheckley

Writing Matter Luck Think Often Short Short Story Story

Back in my pulp-mag days, I worked from about 8:30 to noon, took an hour off for lunch, and worked again from one to three, for a work day of five and a half hours or so. I wrote 20 to 30 pages of copy in that time, doing it all first draft, so that I was able to produce a short story of 5,000-7,500 words in a single day. Robert Silverberg

Work Time Day Words Three First Half Single Lunch Took Back Able About Days Hour Hours Half Hours Wrote Single Day Doing Noon Off Five Short Short Story Story Again Produce Worked Pages Draft Copy

I met a 13-year-old black child, Raymond, who had never been to school and had never learnt any words, yet it seemed to me that he was intelligent. It became apparent after a short period that Raymond thought in terms of visual signs and movements. Robert Wilson

Me Words School Thought Black Signs Met Visual Seemed Never Had He Raymond Terms Period Became Learnt Been Intelligent Child Any Short Movements Short Period After Apparent Who

Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short. Robin Gibb

Life Guilt Too Pleasant Rarely Something Attach Short

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