"When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words."

-- Marisha Pessl

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.”

Source : "The Doomsday Lobby: Hype and Panic from Sputniks, Martians, and Marauding Meteors". Book by James T. Bennett, p. 70, September 11, 2010.
“But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?”

Source : 1940 Pal Joey, ch.1.
“Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.”
“Everyone's quick to blame the alien.”
“Do right. Fear Nothing.”

Source : Andrew Klavan (2012). “Crazy Dangerous”, p.328, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Love teaches you to care for others. It also gives you your best chance to grow up.”

Source : Stephanie Dowrick (2013). “The Almost Perfect Marriage: One Minute Relationship Skills”, p.4, Allen & Unwin
“STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE”
“The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.”

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