I can remember hearing a quote that went something like "All writers are actually readers who have been awed into imitation" but I can't remember the exact wording or who said it. Does anyone know this one? I'd love to put this up on my wall. \n\nI asked this question on the Books & Authors board a couple of days ago and haven't had much of a response.  Maybe someone here can help me.
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Try an advanced Yahoo! search for this exact phrase. And yes, all writers started out as readers.\n\nbtw--they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery--it can also be the shortest route to a lawsuit for copyright violation--
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I looked at your question and since I love quotations (and remember Eddie Cantor), I thought I'd give a try to find the source.  Good grief.  A zillion quotation sites, and nary a source.  I did come up with another place for you, though - The Eddie Cantor Appreciation Society (with a site currently visited by over 99,000 whoopee makers) has an email address (info@EddieCantor.com).  If I were you I'd ask them, as some fans probably know dialogue by heart.  Good luck, and sorry I wasn't able to be more precise.
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First, we don't know that Jude is actually quoting the Book of Enoch.  It is just that what little of the Book of Enoch that survived is the only other reference we have to this apparently real event.  \n\nSecond, apparantly neither the church nor the Jews felt that it was an inspired writting.  \n\nThird, the Book of Enoch seemed to be an "Old Testament" book that was written during "New Testament" times.  It is even possible that the Book of Enoch was written shortly AFTER Jude.  Christians certainly recognized that there were no prophets still writting books to the Jews.  Isreal had not had a prophet in over 400 years.  If God had sent a new prophet surely he would not be writting about Enoch, but about what was going on with what they believed to be a great apostacy (Christianity).  \n\nIt is also very likely, since very little of the book remains for us to examine, that it did not claim to be anything but a story.  Many such "books" were written, and never meant to be taken as Scripture.  We have Christian devotional and fictional books being written all the time today, too.\n\nThe event to which Jude refers to seems to have actually taken place.  We know this because we have an inspired author telling us about it.  That does not mean that, even if he quoted this book, that the book is Scripture.  Paul quoted greek philosophers, too.
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i think it comes from a person who has been "burned" 1 to many times be people that they've fallen after. so there for they advise against opening up ones heart to easily, to often.\ni really like this poem, did you write it? if not who did?
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I think this is a great question (opportunity really) to get some of us closet writers to post our own writing...maybe even get some fun feedback, or just enjoy reading some other writer’s work as well. So, thanks for the chance. Well here is one of my earlier poems:\n\n"A Passing, Sulfur-Green Passion"\n\nThose green eyes, once filled with rage-rampant fire,\nFueled a whim obsessed fervor that partook of every desire.\n\nNot once did any glance go unrewarded in a closed-door fashion—\n   A youthful body withered by long nights of unprotected (un-sustained) passion. \n\nFeeling ephemeral stares, \nImagining they seek out what lurks behind badly salt-stained eyes, omens-old\nShe is forever surrounded by sulfur-smoke, \nLost in sustained moment of grey-cold.\n \nAnd those wet orbs cannot receive a spark of compassion\n \n   For anyone’s love.
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Are you looking for:\n\n"You can't please everyone all the time?"\n\nI don't know who it's by.\n\nI really like the website www.coolquotes.com you might want to search for it there.
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My goodness.   This is a very interesting poem about how we are lied to throughout our lives and have to deal with those facts.  It would fit astonishingly well into any media studies course and am glad to have read it.  Tis true that Walter Raleigh was in Queen Elizabeth's command and was held in the tower.  The first respondant had excellent points, but after that... there were few comments that made sense.  Sorry folks.\n\nIt is most assuredly not about SEX!!  Except that we might lie to get it.  The point is that lies are imbedded into our very framework.  We cannot speak a truth.  Wit does get tiresome.  Beauty is used for naught.  There is nothing that is singularly GOOD- and Raleigh discovers it with a lovely cadence.  The repeptitive nature of "Tell them the lie" can be seen as a stab at church and country, but it goes deeper than than.  He mocks consumers and landowners.  Everyone is lying and he knows it.\n\nWhat I mean is simple that when people attempt to define something by using Good or Bad, they are intrinsically wrong.\n\nI hope you do well in your life and take the time to read lots of poetry.
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I stopped watching her when she had an author on with a book on the bestseller list, an Oprah Book Club book. Oprah says to the guy, "Of all the authors I've had on my show, you're the first one that hasn't thanked me." implying his book only became a best seller because she endorsed it. Did it ever occur to her that if she liked the book, millions of other people did too? She sat there acting like she wrote it and got it published. All she did was read and like it and expected the author to thank her. At that point, I knew fame had finally gone to her head.
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Actually I think that was something that someone just made up. I dont think it's a real quote. I think ive seen that on some website too.
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How do people come up with that?  Yes it really is amazing.  It boggles my mind to try to think of how someone figured all that out.  I dont think it proves anything about the book though.
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Quotes are said not written.\nThe question should be "Who said......" NOT   "Who Wrote"
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Hi Violet.\n\nWhat area of tort were you reading about? I don't have this particular book as it is too far out of date.\n\nThere must be some context in which importance was attached to what was said, perhaps a reference to some precident or case?
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I love the one that is a poem about the monster under the bed and hobbes saves the day by just being there (cause the monster didn't know there was a tiger in the bed).  Best Line: "Hey wake up you stupid cretin! Are you gonna sleep while I get eaten!?!?!?"  I'll check my collection books and see if I can find page number for the rest of ya.
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This reminds me of one of my favorite Dilbert cartoons...\n\nDilbert gives a poem he has written to Dogbert for critique.\n\nDOGBERT: I once read that given infinite time, a thousand monkeys with typewriters would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. \n\nDILBERT: But what about my poem? \n\nDOGBERT: Three monkeys, ten minutes.\n\nMany if not most of the questions on here are written by monkeys, I think... whether it takes them more or less than 10 minutes is up to the monkey!
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There You GO:\n\nI just completed reading the novel, Nightbirds on Nantucket, written by Joan Aiken. It is one of the seven books in the Wolves Chronicles series. The novel features Dido Twite, and her frequent adventures. Of the numerous characters, I chose to focus my attention on Dido and Dutiful, who frequently appeared in the book. Joan Aiken uses a unique personality and style for each character. For example, the way she emphasizes Dutiful’s fear on page 66. When the ship Dutiful is on shakes, she becomes scared and begins to question her safety. The source of Dutiful’s fear of the ocean remains an unanswered question. One theory is that Dutiful’s fear arose because of her late mother’s fears. The genre of Nightbirds on Nantucket is difficult to identify. It seems to be historical fiction because of the language used and clothing styles mentioned. This novel may also be classified under fantasy because of certain animals, a pink whale, and weaponry used, a mile-long gun. I enjoyed reading this book because of the author’s writing style and ideas, which instantly grab the reader’s attention. Everything flowed extremely well; in fact, I felt as if I was on the ship with Dutiful and Dido. The clarity of the details makes me wonder what the author’s inspiration was.\n\n\nDon't forget to underline the title of the novel. You may want to mention more about Dido's characer.
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OMG! Thank you! I was wondering..."have the writers run out of new ideas??  thank you! for speaking up about it. I agreeeeee!!
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I'm pretty sure the River he's talking about is actually the Mythical river the dead cross by ferry. The River Styx.  I myself have never read the book nor actually want to only because of experiencing personal bad vibes from a book a friend had.\n About the best I can come up with at the moment is some sites I found on the history of the Necronomicon and other info on the book. As well as info on the River Styx. Wish I could have offered more, though I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll luck out from one of my friends who has read the book and studied it intensely. Oh some of the sites are talking about the first two books of the Necronomicon, the one written by Crowley and the one written by the Mad Arab also known as Abdul Alhazred. I honestly don't know which one came first between Alhazred's and Crowley but if I remember right I think Alhazred's was the first written rendition of the Neconomicon. Anyway I supplied those links as well. Maybe one will help.