"I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story."

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Jim Shepard

#Emotional Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.”
“Early on I decided that fishing would be my way of looking at the world. First it taught me to look at rivers. Lately it has been teaching me how to look at people, myself included.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2014). “The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing”, p.15, Vintage
“The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.”
“When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.”
“Simplicity is not a simple thing.”
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”
“People never know how strong is their lust for being cheated.”
“The rain is a necessary prelude to beautiful weather. So even if your heart is in downpour right now it only means it will become exceptionally beautiful in time.”

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