Quotes about Writers

As we do so, it will be helpful to keep in mind that the biblical writers never seemed to be aware of the problem, except for one statement by Paul in Romans 9:19-21. And Paul's statement seems to raise

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.

Joel did not quite believe in picture actresses' grief. They have other preoccupations—they are beautiful rose-gold figures blown full of life by writers and directors, and after hours they sit around and talk in whispers and giggle innuendoes, and the ends of many adventures flow through them.

He was liberal in his determination to understand the Biblical writers historically He was orthodox in his belief that the Bible was "dictated" by the Spirit. He was "neo-orthodox" in making Christ who came to save sinners central to the whole Bible.

I am rather inclined, however, to agree with ancient writers, that in those passages[1]wherein it is stated that the angel of the Lord appeared to Abraham, Jacob, and Moses, Christ was that angel.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.

Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.

All writers would like to be overrated in their own lifetimes.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.

I saw how the Bible isn't a book about how to get into heaven, it's a library of poems and letters and stories about bringing heaven to earth now, about this world becoming more and more the place it should be. There is very, very little in the Bible about what happens when you die. That's not what the writers were focused on. Their interest, again and again, is on how this world is arranged.