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Manuscripts Quotes

Manuscripts don’t burn Picture Quote #1

I won’t leave any unfinished manuscripts Picture Quote #1

My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices Picture Quote #1

I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts Picture Quote #1

Manuscripts do not burn Picture Quote #1

My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books Picture Quote #1

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Now I have to have the biggest P. O. Box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in Picture Quote #1

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts Picture Quote #1

I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading and enjoying romance novels at the time, the first two unpublished manuscripts I wrote were both romances. I sold my third novel, ‘Call After Midnight,’ to Harlequin Intrigue after submitting it unagented Picture Quote #1

A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God Picture Quote #1

I’m constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I’m doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, ‘I know what his next book is about.’ Picture Quote #1

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in Picture Quote #1

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I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, ‘second breakfast,’ or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can’t get to Picture Quote #1

Most of the untranscribed and unpublished manuscripts in the book popped out of boxes at me when I wasn’t looking for them; I picked them up out of the corner of my eye Picture Quote #1

My three years at the NIH were critical in my scientific education. I learned an immense amount about the research process: developing assays, purifying macromolecules, documenting a discovery by many approaches, and writing clear manuscripts describing what is known and what remains to be investigated Picture Quote #1

My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as a child. I still have a soft spot for that one! Picture Quote #1

Why am I obsessed with the idea I can justify myself by getting manuscripts published? Is it an escape-an excuse for any social failure-so I can say No, I don’t go out for many extracurricular activities, but I spend a lot of time writing Picture Quote #1

In my qualified opinion as a Biblical scholar, there is ‘massive’ and overwhelming historical evidence that the New Testament manuscripts are in fact reliable. ~R. Alan Woods [2013] Picture Quote #1

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In Brentwood we had a big safe-deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out Picture Quote #1

Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That’s exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating Picture Quote #1

Think how slow would be your progress in learning without printed books: you could study only manuscripts, and those necessarily must be very few in number. Learn from this to value your books, and always handle them with care Picture Quote #1

A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print Picture Quote #1

I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood Picture Quote #1

It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written Picture Quote #1

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I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work Picture Quote #1

In Brentwood we had a big safe deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out Picture Quote #1

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art Picture Quote #1

I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts Picture Quote #1

A scholar is a man with this inconvenience, that, when you ask him his opinion of any matter, he must go home and look up his manuscripts to know Picture Quote #1

You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that fleeting moment when you feel alive. It is not for unsteady souls Picture Quote #1

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Manuscripts don’t burn (Manuscripts Quotes) I won’t leave any unfinished manuscripts (Manuscripts Quotes) My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices (Manuscripts Quotes) I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts (Manuscripts Quotes) Manuscripts do not burn (Manuscripts Quotes) My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books. (Manuscripts Quotes) Now I have to have the biggest P. O. Box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in (Manuscripts Quotes) Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts (Manuscripts Quotes) I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading and enjoying romance novels at the time, the first two unpublished manuscripts I wrote were both romances. I sold my third novel, ‘Call After Midnight,’ to Harlequin Intrigue after submitting it unagented. (Manuscripts Quotes) A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. (Manuscripts Quotes) I’m constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I’m doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, ‘I know what his next book is about.’ (Manuscripts Quotes) Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in. (Manuscripts Quotes) I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, ‘second breakfast,’ or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can’t get to. (Manuscripts Quotes) Most of the untranscribed and unpublished manuscripts in the book popped out of boxes at me when I wasn’t looking for them; I picked them up out of the corner of my eye (Manuscripts Quotes) My three years at the NIH were critical in my scientific education. I learned an immense amount about the research process: developing assays, purifying macromolecules, documenting a discovery by many approaches, and writing clear manuscripts describing what is known and what remains to be investigated. (Manuscripts Quotes) My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as a child. I still have a soft spot for that one! (Manuscripts Quotes) Why am I obsessed with the idea I can justify myself by getting manuscripts published? Is it an escape-an excuse for any social failure-so I can say No, I don’t go out for many extracurricular activities, but I spend a lot of time writing. (Manuscripts Quotes) In my qualified opinion as a Biblical scholar, there is ‘massive’ and overwhelming historical evidence that the New Testament manuscripts are in fact reliable. ~R. Alan Woods [2013] (Manuscripts Quotes) In Brentwood we had a big safe-deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out. (Manuscripts Quotes) Recently, I looked back at my first manuscripts and was struck by the lack of space, of breath. That’s exactly how it felt, back then... like I was suffocating. (Manuscripts Quotes) Think how slow would be your progress in learning without printed books: you could study only manuscripts, and those necessarily must be very few in number. Learn from this to value your books, and always handle them with care. (Manuscripts Quotes) A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print (Manuscripts Quotes) I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood (Manuscripts Quotes) It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written (Manuscripts Quotes) I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work (Manuscripts Quotes) In Brentwood we had a big safe deposit box to put manuscripts in if we left town during fire season. It was such a big box that we never bothered to clean it out (Manuscripts Quotes) Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art (Manuscripts Quotes) I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts (Manuscripts Quotes) A scholar is a man with this inconvenience, that, when you ask him his opinion of any matter, he must go home and look up his manuscripts to know (Manuscripts Quotes) You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that fleeting moment when you feel alive. It is not for unsteady souls (Manuscripts Quotes)

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