I always send new writers to ‘Writer’s Digest Books’ line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful. – Gail Z. Martin
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation. – Harry Seidler
Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. – Gao Xingjian
I wasn’t the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn’t starting at zero. – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle. – Anthony Goldbloom
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters. – Don Kardong
I am absolutely of the videogames generation, starting on the Atari and Commodore 64 and the Amiga. – Duncan Jones
But I always curl my lashes, even if I don’t put on mascara. I’ll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows – I’m just now starting to thin them out a bit. – Denise Richards
My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I’ve played that at every gig I’ve ever had. And that’s my starting point in the studio. – Dan Hawkins
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point. – Maurice Saatchi
When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast. – Charisma Carpenter
People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. – Edward Norton
I kept starting ‘Anansi Boys’ as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy. – Neil Gaiman