Should you create a protagonist based directly on yourself? The problem with this - and it is a very large problem - is that almost no one can view himself objectively on the page. As the writer, you're too close to your own complicated makeup. Nancy Kress baseclosecomplicate share on social
Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. Philip Roth hillprofitprotect Change image and share on social
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross beautycanyoncarving Change image and share on social
Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale. A. E. Housman aledrinklad Change image and share on social
Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else? Mark Stevens fostergreatmuseum Change image and share on social
Shouldn't a three-course meal be 90 minutes? Do you know how hard you have to edit your menu to pull that off? Twenty-seven minutes. That's the average meal at Jiro's in Tokyo. David Chang averageedithard Change image and share on social
Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership? Bill Kristol democratdurbininsist Change image and share on social
Shouldn't everybody join hands to give the basic minimum - food, education and health - to the entire population? Charan Das Mahant basiceducationentire Change image and share on social
Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power? Sergei Lavrov adoptaffairassembly share on social
Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? Jules Shear bottomlowstring Change image and share on social