"Let someone else take a crack at [your story]. Sometimes, even after time has passed, we're just too close to the thing. You don't want to kill your darlings or, maybe it's the opposite: you just want to kill all of it with cleansing fire. Let someone else confirm or veto your feelings. They'll also bring new questions and complexities to the table, too."

-- Chuck Wendig

#Writing Quotes #Fire Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“In science, technology, engineering and mathematics, men far outnumber women in the classroom and the boardroom.”
“The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten minutes too much? No one knows. Perhaps someday the question will be answered-we'll find out that thirteen minutes is the perfect length for a training piece when preparing for a 2000 meter race. Until then, coaches will continue exploring the whole scale, up and down, from thirty seconds to sixty minutes and more, in hopes of capturing the optimum time.”
“Nothing great or new can be done without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the fly-wheel which carries your saw through the knots in the log.”
“He's just not that into you if he's not asking you out. Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“You don't want to make an enemy of Piers Morgan.”
“I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.”
“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.”
“You canâ€™t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.”

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