"My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever"

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Irwin Shaw

#Stories Quotes #My Favorite Quotes #Short Story Quotes

“There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.”
“Women will not advance except by joining together in cooperative action.... Unlike other groups, women do not need to set affiliation and strength in opposition one against the other. We can readily integrate the two, search for more and better ways to use affiliation to enhance strength--and strength to enhance affiliation.”

Source : Jean Baker Miller (2012). “Toward a New Psychology of Women”, p.96, Beacon Press
“Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.”

Source : "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.
“Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.”
“I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.”
“Not everyone is meant to stay forever.”
“My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.”

Source : Elise Broach (2007). “Shakespeare's secret”
“To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes...”

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