Quotes on Dictation

When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.

One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc., that he can let his mind come to close quarters with the pupil's mind and the subject matter.

The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and have to question yourself; but normally, dialogue writes itself.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.