Film is a medium of clear lines and broad strikes – which can be fantastic – but compared to the subtleties and nuances of a novel, it doesn’t even get close. – William Boyd
There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right way – so there wasn’t really any improvisation on the set when it came to the bulk of the script. – Simon Pegg
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. – Spike Lee
I don’t believe in pick-up lines because I’ve always been very comfortable in my own skin. – Skylar Astin
Usually a poem takes shape accoustically – a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear. – Thomas Lynch
I write scenes – often quite long scenes – mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do. – Tom Stoppard
Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research. – Tom Allen
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research. – Steve Israel
The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. – William Shenstone