H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work should have some bearing on the climax or denouement, and any denouement which is not the inevitable result of the preceding incidents is awkward and unliterary.

H. P. Lovecraft

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937

Topics

WorkSimpleProgressResultSuspense

Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.

Joey Ramone

WorldThinkRockBandGreatestWell

Too old at 72? Careful. Ageism is out. We'll have the law on you!

Melvyn Bragg

LawYouOldOutCarefulAgeism

A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir. And yet it's also the first thing every writer learns to sidestep, to disguise, as though this nerve were a deep and shameful secret that needs to be swathed in many sheaths.

Andre Aciman

AgeWritingDeepWishPersonal

I'm a Michael Jordan fan just like everyone else. I just don't think he's the greatest player ever.

John Salley

ThinkEveryoneGreatestJustFanHe

I was shocked and thrilled when I started getting messages and calls from people I look up to in the industry.

Shraddha Kapoor

PeopleLookUpIndustryStarted

I used to take formal notes in lines of blue, and underline the key words in red, and I realised I needed only the key words and the idea. Then to bring in connections, I drew arrows and put in images and codes. It was a picture outside my head of what was inside my head - 'mind map' is the language my brain spoke.

Tony Buzan

WordsRedBlueMindBrainKey

I was one of the first actors in London to be seen for Frodo ten years ago. I didn't get it, obviously. The right size, but too handsome, apparently.

Tom Hollander

HandsomeLondonFirstRightSize

In the 1940s, the petroleum business was an American game, and it was enormously to our advantage that the world ran on oil.

Robert Zubrin

BusinessWorldGameAmericanOil

I do sit down every day and make myself write. I want 2,000 words every day or 3 single-space pages a day. I think if you are on a deadline, you have to be disciplined. If you turn things in late, you will find yourself without a contract.

Michelle Moran

MyselfDayWordsYourselfThinkYou

What we did in our childhoods makes us who we are now.

Jon Heder

NowUsWhoOurDidMakes

I've paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.

Johnny Mathis

SportsInjuriesCareerPriceOver

It is not necessary to be too avant-garde, because you risk not being understood.

Domenico Dolce

YouRiskBeingBecauseUnderstood

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