"Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up."

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Tom Barbash

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.”
“Sven must have neglected to pay tribute to one of those strict Nordic gods. But instead of cursing Eriksson himself, Thor has done a still crueller thing and cursed the England strikers. I can only assume that Eriksson was never informed of this curse, otherwise he might have more than a 17-year-old up his sleeve.”
“You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!”
“Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents.”
“When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“we have not been impressed with any attribute of the Senate other than its appearance and manners. We have heard the best speakers: they all fire off speeches which deal with the entire subject in general terms and which do not attempt to debate, to answer opponents' arguments or offer new points for discussion. And the speeches are constantly degenerating into empty rhetoric; they abound in quotations from well-known authors or from their own former speeches.”

Source : Beatrice Potter Webb (1963). “American diary, 1898”
“The words of the Buddha offer this truth: âˆ¼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.”
“Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.”

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