If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.
Peter O'Toole
I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a whole novel on... →
Joyce Carol Oates
I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding... →
When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The... →
Tea Obreht
The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will... →
David Ogilvy
I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.
Will Oldham
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
Mary Oliver
When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in... →
Ken Olsen
I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a... →
Yoko Ono
I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
Rita Ora