Pastoral Resources

The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.

Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.

I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.