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Outlines Quotes

Don’t write outlines; I hate outlines Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer in outlines Picture Quote #1

Hope was always out ahead of fact, possibility obscured the outlines of reality Picture Quote #1

I'm a great believer in outlines Picture Quote #1

I’m one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I’m very good at doing that, but I don’t like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out Picture Quote #1

I don’t make outlines or plans because whenever I do, they turn out to be useless. It is as if I am compelled to violate the scope of any outline or plan; it is as if the writing does not want me to know what is about to happen Picture Quote #1

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Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines Picture Quote #1

I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish Picture Quote #1

Old lovers go the way of old photographs, bleaching out gradually as in a slow bath of acid: first the moles and pimples, then the shadings. Then the faces themselves, until nothing remains but the general outlines Picture Quote #1

What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant Picture Quote #1

Photography concentrates one’s eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life which glimmers through the outlines of things like a play of light and shade. One can’t catch that even with the sharpest lens Picture Quote #1

The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which sees only the outlines and takes no note of disagreeable details. The present enjoys no such advantage, and so it always seems defective Picture Quote #1

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There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives Picture Quote #1

I do outlines when I’m writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom Picture Quote #1

The best way to look at countries on a map is like a chalk outline drawn by the police when someone dies what you are seeing with the borders are just outlines of historical crimes past warlords empires its nothing to be loyal to. Have loyalty to reason, to evidence, to ideals not to lines drawn up mostly by criminals Picture Quote #1

The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others Picture Quote #1

I am not very good at sticking to outlines, and I double back all the time to revisit scenes and change things Picture Quote #1

I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits, drawings, letters that formed outlines of significant things in our relationship. Art. I just used art in general. It usually worked Picture Quote #1

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I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings Picture Quote #1

The third order, called Corinthian , is an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being more slender on account of their tender years, admit of prettier effects in the way of adornment Picture Quote #1

At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in my imagination. If the notion is good enough, if it truly belongs to you, then you can’t forget it-it will haunt you till it’s written Picture Quote #1

I do outlines when I’m writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom Picture Quote #1

I don’t see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it’s going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth Picture Quote #1

Mattia was right: the days had slipped over her skin like a solvent, one after the other, each removing a very thin layer of pigment from her tattoo, and from both of their memories. The outlines, like the circumstances, were still there, black and well delineated, but the colors had merged together until they faded into a dull, uniform tonality, a neutral absence of meaning Picture Quote #1

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At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep Picture Quote #1

It was not the sun, but the moonlight that shimmered in the garden, edging the leaves with silver and touching the outlines of the statuary figures Picture Quote #1

About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America Picture Quote #1

A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it Picture Quote #1

For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on Picture Quote #1

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic Picture Quote #1

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Don’t write outlines; I hate outlines (Outlines Quotes) I’m a great believer in outlines (Outlines Quotes) Hope was always out ahead of fact, possibility obscured the outlines of reality (Outlines Quotes) I'm a great believer in outlines (Outlines Quotes) I’m one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I’m very good at doing that, but I don’t like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out (Outlines Quotes) I don’t make outlines or plans because whenever I do, they turn out to be useless. It is as if I am compelled to violate the scope of any outline or plan; it is as if the writing does not want me to know what is about to happen (Outlines Quotes) Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines (Outlines Quotes) I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish (Outlines Quotes) Old lovers go the way of old photographs, bleaching out gradually as in a slow bath of acid: first the moles and pimples, then the shadings. Then the faces themselves, until nothing remains but the general outlines (Outlines Quotes) What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant (Outlines Quotes) Photography concentrates one’s eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life which glimmers through the outlines of things like a play of light and shade. One can’t catch that even with the sharpest lens (Outlines Quotes) The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which sees only the outlines and takes no note of disagreeable details. The present enjoys no such advantage, and so it always seems defective (Outlines Quotes) There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives (Outlines Quotes) I do outlines when I’m writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom (Outlines Quotes) The best way to look at countries on a map is like a chalk outline drawn by the police when someone dies what you are seeing with the borders are just outlines of historical crimes past warlords empires its nothing to be loyal to. Have loyalty to reason, to evidence, to ideals not to lines drawn up mostly by criminals (Outlines Quotes) The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others (Outlines Quotes) I am not very good at sticking to outlines, and I double back all the time to revisit scenes and change things. (Outlines Quotes) I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits, drawings, letters that formed outlines of significant things in our relationship. Art. I just used art in general. It usually worked. (Outlines Quotes) I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings (Outlines Quotes) The third order, called Corinthian , is an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being more slender on account of their tender years, admit of prettier effects in the way of adornment. (Outlines Quotes) At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in my imagination. If the notion is good enough, if it truly belongs to you, then you can’t forget it-it will haunt you till it’s written. (Outlines Quotes) I do outlines when I’m writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. (Outlines Quotes) I don’t see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it’s going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth. (Outlines Quotes) Mattia was right: the days had slipped over her skin like a solvent, one after the other, each removing a very thin layer of pigment from her tattoo, and from both of their memories. The outlines, like the circumstances, were still there, black and well delineated, but the colors had merged together until they faded into a dull, uniform tonality, a neutral absence of meaning (Outlines Quotes) At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep (Outlines Quotes) It was not the sun, but the moonlight that shimmered in the garden, edging the leaves with silver and touching the outlines of the statuary figures (Outlines Quotes) About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America (Outlines Quotes) A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it (Outlines Quotes) For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on (Outlines Quotes) Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic (Outlines Quotes)

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