Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are... →
Jessamyn West
I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
Mae West
Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!
Morris West
I used to be a pre-industrial writer: thousands of words in a spurt and then a few days off. But as I get older, I've switched to a mode best... →
Scott Westerfeld
I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story... →
Donald E. Westlake
You know that something is really well written when you have to think so little about the words that are coming out of your mouth, and you're... →
Tom Weston-Jones
You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.
Hermann Weyl
For one, the Qur'an is considered by Muslims to consist entirely of words spoken by Allah himself.
Paul Weyrich
I love taking on other people's words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.
Ben Whishaw
I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I... →
Betty White