One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary coup of November 1975.

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.

The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics.

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile.