C.K. Webb quote: "Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge of insanity...edit one more time!"

Sometimes the things in our heads are far worse than anything they could put in books or on film!!
C.K. WEBB

A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leav...
C.K. WEBB

We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the l...
C.K. WEBB

It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for grante...
C.K. WEBB

Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrif...
C.K. WEBB

Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", i...
LOUIS C.K.

Pamela, I’m in love with you. Yeah, it’s that bad. You’re so beautiful to me. Shut up! Lemme t...
LOUIS C.K.

The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look...
LOUIS C.K.

Self-love is a good thing but self-awareness is more important. You need to once in a while go ‘Uh...
LOUIS C.K.

I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve...
LOUIS C.K.

I find that when people laugh it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that ...
LOUIS C.K.

When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.
LOUIS C.K.

I always tell my kids to cut a sandwich in half right when you get it, and the first thought you sho...
LOUIS C.K.

Shut up…let me tell you, LET ME. Every time I look at your face or even remember it, it wrecks me....
LOUIS C.K.

When you write from your gut and let the stuff stay flawed and don't let anybody tell you to make it...
LOUIS C.K.

It's hard to really look at somebody and go: "Hey, maybe something nice will happen." You just don't...
LOUIS C.K.

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See...
LOUIS C.K.

Everything's amazing right now, and nobody's happy.
LOUIS C.K.

What the fuck does he think he's doing anyway? And when has running around in a figure eight ever he...
C.K. KELLY MARTIN

I'm talking to myself in two different personas now. I'm reaching for a full-throttle meltdown and w...
C.K. KELLY MARTIN

Things never go wrong at the moment you expect them to. When you're completely relaxed, oblivious to...
C.K. KELLY MARTIN

I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as...
VERONICA WEBB

I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I go...
VERONICA WEBB

For me, it works to my advantage when people think I'm stupid. If somebody who disdains you or w...
VERONICA WEBB

My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a b...
VERONICA WEBB

I came to running late. It was something I had always wanted to do, but I always end up getting hurt...
VERONICA WEBB

My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they ha...
VERONICA WEBB

I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes staring out of the window wondering what to have for lunch.
ROBERT WEBB

Three days doesn't sound like a very long time, and under normal, everyday circumstances, it'...
BRANDON WEBB

One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you...
VERONICA WEBB

I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
KARRIE WEBB

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream f...
KARRIE WEBB

I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
KARRIE WEBB

The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a b...
KARRIE WEBB

All four majors are definitely a priority.
KARRIE WEBB

It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four g...
KARRIE WEBB

I try to win every tournament.
KARRIE WEBB

I've always wanted to be a professional golfer and I'm glad that came true.
KARRIE WEBB

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don...
KARRIE WEBB

I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the w...
KARRIE WEBB

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to profession...
KARRIE WEBB

Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
KARRIE WEBB

I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
KARRIE WEBB

Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.
KARRIE WEBB

I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friend...
KARRIE WEBB

First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than th...
KARRIE WEBB

Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
KARRIE WEBB

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.
KARRIE WEBB

It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so ...
KARRIE WEBB

You see that a handful of times every year where a person that hasn't been playing that well pop...
KARRIE WEBB

On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.
KARRIE WEBB

I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doin...
KARRIE WEBB

I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
KARRIE WEBB

Golf is my boyfriend right now.
KARRIE WEBB

World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birt...
BRANDON WEBB

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in o...
JIM WEBB

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when t...
GARY WEBB

After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S....
GARY WEBB

Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into g...
ROBERT WEBB

I proposed to my wife on Brighton Beach, and she said yes. That's pretty romantic. Even though I...
ROBERT WEBB

I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies...
WEBB SIMPSON

To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary natu...
MARY WEBB

I've been called funny. I assume my wife thinks I'm funny. But generally, if you bumped into...
ROBERT WEBB

Like a lot of business owners out there, I don't desire to face the continual flogging from gove...
BRANDON WEBB

I think it's prima facie evidence for the existence of God because for me to grow up and actuall...
JIMMY WEBB

I was a wreck, I couldn't run and this was a pretty easy decision.
ALAN WEBB

Certain things like the shrubbery, large trees, have a value. And if a large tree is knocked down, t...
ALAN WEBB

All of them here are sub-four-minute milers and when those guys ran a sub-four-minute mile, a sub-fo...
ALAN WEBB

Rugby is the smallest PCT in the whole of the country... our council should be fighting hard to reta...
ALAN WEBB

I thought I could surprise those guys and open up a margin and steal the race,
ALAN WEBB

I thought I was alone,
ALAN WEBB

I tried to get a big enough lead so he couldn't catch me. I thought I was by myself for the last 400...
ALAN WEBB

I was thinking I would surprise these guys and get a big enough lead that they couldn't catch me. I ...
ALAN WEBB

I feel good, ... I don't think I'm just hanging on.
ALAN WEBB

Nobody thought I was dumb enough to do it twice in a row,
ALAN WEBB

I work like a dog, really. I go over scripts like a mad man and just want to make sure I have my hou...
HALEY WEBB

I'm currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next ste...
HALEY WEBB

We will be out of control. We will be packed full of Ben's fans.
AARON WEBB

He's the most recent of Miami athletes who have had a lot of success in the pros. He's a big phenome...
AARON WEBB

We've been preparing since school has begun.
AARON WEBB

I heard these guys play at St. George earlier this year, and they mentioned they do educational prog...
AARON WEBB

He's a strong runner, a great runner. But as a defense, when we saw him come in, that sparked the fi...
AARON WEBB

Special-purpose dogs have been a critical component for police and military work in the current war ...
BRANDON WEBB

The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its me...
MARY WEBB

Saddle your dreams before you ride em.
MARY WEBB

I don't play small. You have to go out and play with what you have. I admit I used to want to be tal...
SPUD WEBB

The divine egoism hat is genius.
MARY WEBB

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midsh...
JIM WEBB

I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
KARRIE WEBB

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that ...
ROBERT WEBB

Missing out an apostrophe or two does not make you an idiot. But equating party allegiance with nati...
ROBERT WEBB

On 'EastEnders,' if someone gets surprising news on the phone, the scene ends with them look...
ROBERT WEBB

Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables u...
BRANDON WEBB

For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pullin...
HALEY WEBB

When the Mac ad campaign was in full swing, I quickened my pace as I went past certain bus stops. My...
ROBERT WEBB

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet H...
MARC WEBB

Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. Th...
JIM WEBB

I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world.
KARRIE WEBB

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially i...
JIMMY WEBB

If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself...
BEATRICE WEBB

Religion is love; in no case is it logic
BEATRICE WEBB

It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious...
BEATRICE WEBB

So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
BEATRICE WEBB

. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would ha...
BEATRICE WEBB

I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those a...
WEBB SIMPSON

When I present those clip shows and movie mistakes and things, the persona the writers adopt for me ...
ROBERT WEBB

On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position ...
JIM WEBB

This was our first time to compete for one of these, so we feel very fortunate, ... And the people i...
BARBARA WEBB

opened its doors to residents of the Alexander Youth Center and others with special needs.
BARBARA WEBB

We will be filing progress reports with the Department of Heritage and they will stay in close touch...
BARBARA WEBB

I do think that this is a great opportunity for the theater, ... Hopefully, it will inspire other gr...
BARBARA WEBB

We're having a lot of young people participate, and we want to make sure the theater is a safe envir...
BARBARA WEBB

The game of political music chairs and finger-pointing by career politicians and agency bureaucrats ...
BRANDON WEBB

I'm still glad we are here,
ANTHONY WEBB

That has to start now.
ANTHONY WEBB

We thought that by coming together here at South Oak Cliff, we would be the state champions,
ANTHONY WEBB

If you could invest in a tax-deferred account such as an IRA or 401(k), the pretax rate of return wo...
ANTHONY WEBB

For far-sighted people who have self-control (to save elsewhere), it probably makes sense not to rep...
ANTHONY WEBB

We need to show them they should have taken us,
ANTHONY WEBB

I get home about 9:30 every night, ... But it could be a lot worse. I could not have come here to So...
ANTHONY WEBB

Everyone thought we were nuts.
AMY WEBB

The site tries to set itself apart from other news sources. Most people approach [online news] with ...
AMY WEBB

This little guy means the world to me. I want to make sure he has all the available resources in Kno...
AMY WEBB

This group has meant the world to me since my son was born. When you first have a baby with Down Syn...
AMY WEBB

World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.
JIM WEBB

It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.
JIMMY WEBB

Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to produci...
BRANDON WEBB

I'm troubled by how much I like Rowan Williams. I think it reveals character flaws in myself tha...
ROBERT WEBB

I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may...
MAYNARD WEBB

Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of ...
ROBERT WEBB

I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!
HALEY WEBB

The sniper is like a highly skilled surgeon, practicing his craft on the battlefield.
BRANDON WEBB

There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't'...
MAYNARD WEBB

I just try to stick to clean foods, anything grilled like salmon, chicken, fish, brown rice, and veg...
KATHERINE WEBB

Pageant makeup is so different from your day-to-day look. When you're on stage you really have t...
KATHERINE WEBB

The way things were going, no one was gonna score too many, ... I managed to keep them off the board...
BRANDON WEBB

There are a lot of guys battling for that last spot and that's how it's been the last few years. The...
BRANDON WEBB

I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work a...
BRANDON WEBB

Those were big double plays, ... Jeff Kent was coming up next, and it's good to have nobody on base ...
BRANDON WEBB

It's just a game that we needed to win just to get off this streak we've been in. No matter how we w...
BRANDON WEBB

It felt good. It's good to get back out there and throw against hitters that actually don't know wha...
BRANDON WEBB

I've worked with the pitching staff and the coaching staff and really honed in on what kind of pitch...
BRANDON WEBB

I left [the ball to Ward] out over the middle of the plate, ... He hammered the thing. It was well-s...
BRANDON WEBB

Oh, yeah. We've been playing the best we have all year pitching-wise, hitting-wise and putting enoug...
BRANDON WEBB

She was nine when she came in, and we had her several months. Her home life was not the best. She wa...
BRENDA WEBB

I really wanted her to stay.
BRENDA WEBB

The mom still tells us how he's doing and gives us updates. That was a very rewarding experience for...
BRENDA WEBB

You don't do it for the money. You figure it's less than 11 cents an hour. You do it to help the kid...
BRENDA WEBB

It was the empty nest syndrome at first. I missed having kids around the house.
BRENDA WEBB

You can always see a child in school who has poor self-esteem. All you have to do is say 'Hi' and be...
BRENDA WEBB

I think it will be good for Henderson children because we need help everywhere we can get it in the ...
BRENDA WEBB

These kids in foster care deserve someone who can give them all of their attention, and with our gra...
BRENDA WEBB

It's time we deal with this issue. The status quo is no longer an option for us all the courts have ...
BILL WEBB

I have to say it's not because we've run the numbers and find out that all of our members are going ...
BILL WEBB

I don't think we could possibly have enough drivers to take up the void that is there right now. If ...
BILL WEBB

To start with, we were advised not to sue. That was the week before Christmas, but shortly after tha...
BILL WEBB

We have a strong connection between the family members and the fire service itself. We want them to ...
BILL WEBB

Unless there is a hospital in the city, the average is one hour to reach a medical facility, at mini...
BILL WEBB

A large percentagemaybe allof the identified security events could have been precluded by the approp...
BOB WEBB

Few legacy systems have simple, easily applied fixes. They normally require assessment, risk evaluat...
BOB WEBB

For those interested and with value to add, we'd like them to participate in the standards work them...
BOB WEBB

A large percentageÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹maybe allÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹of the identified security events could...
BOB WEBB

My father served 26 years in the Air Force as a pilot and a pioneer in our missile programs. I learn...
JIM WEBB

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that something comes I...
MARY WEBB

Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.
MARC WEBB

It's what we stress at camp, and we give them the tools — chants, cheers, basic stunts and safety ...
JEFF WEBB

I've gotten used to using individual lashes as well. A lot of girls will use strip eyelashes, bu...
KATHERINE WEBB

Bad people will find a way to do harm, whether it's homemade explosives, illegal weapons, or fly...
BRANDON WEBB

Slow, skinny, and an utter countryside coward: I lived in dread of nettles, spiders, and the very so...
ROBERT WEBB

Car-essential is a real turn-off to me, so yeah, I just want a friendly holiday resort with a villa ...
ROBERT WEBB

This is a verdict in favor of no one and it will not have any practical impact on Philip Morris and ...
DAN WEBB

When I was 15, if Stephen Fry had advised me to trim my eyebrows with a Flymo, I would have given it...
ROBERT WEBB

If it wasn't for coach Smith I don't think I would be where I am now. He taught me all about the gam...
ANTONIO WEBB

The gallery is fantastic. It's beautiful with a great collection of unusual objects.
DUNCAN WEBB

It's a huge edge, sometime life-saving, to adopt a good idea early and put it into practice.
BRANDON WEBB

When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our h...
ROBERT WEBB

That's what we teach. If somebody comes back, we have to respond and at least match what they've got...
BRYAN WEBB

Great jackets. It's a very good jacket year. There's a lot of variety and a lot of details - embroid...
DANIELLE WEBB

She tries to live every day as a good person. She tries to atone for what she did almost 33 years ag...
CHRISTIE WEBB

Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian...
BRANDON WEBB

I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I...
JIM WEBB

When you don't inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.
MARC WEBB

I don't care where you went to school. There - have I made your day? No? All right, I'll go ...
ROBERT WEBB

The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we...
BRANDON WEBB

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illumi...
JIM WEBB

The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, ...
JIM WEBB

He didn't want them to follow in (the wrong) footsteps. He's going to be the one to break the cycle ...
TERESA WEBB

I can't wait to run in the footsteps of the great milers like Steve Scott, John Walker and Peter Ell...
ALAN WEBB

This is a critical point for NHS dentistry,
STEVE WEBB

It will only increase health inequalities to exempt pubs that do not serve food from this legislatio...
STEVE WEBB

The reality is that they have under-provided for flu vaccine. They need to take responsibility inste...
STEVE WEBB

It brings that element of life that other archaeological remains can't.
STEVE WEBB

We understand their last seven days have been hell. We hope their next seven will be 180 degrees (di...
STEVE WEBB

There has been a long-term decline with the proportion of adults and children registered with a dent...
STEVE WEBB

Leslie is a very hopeful person. She will continue to do the good work that she does here, and she w...
CHRISTIE WEBB

When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presenc...
JIMMY WEBB

I would say the number of cases we have coming in involving cell phones still is minimal, but I woul...
HEATHER WEBB

From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in ...
JIM WEBB

I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War's harshest battlefields. After leaving ...
JIM WEBB

Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge of insanity...edit one more time!

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Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge of insanity...edit one more time!

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