"Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the form for prose was confirmed by Richard Howard's book of dramatic monologues, Untitled Subjects."

-- Norman Lock

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #School Quotes

“I want to make sense of things, to understand the world, but my work is never really instructional. I have no wisdom to impart or give, so I think my dream readers would be people who just use the book as an excuse to get into their own cycle of thoughts. The book is just like a map. It's just a jotting-down of things that you can interpret in your own ways.”
“When you are saying you want to feel good, what you really are saying is you want to feel God: I want my thoughts to be the same as the source from which I emanated.”
“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

Source : "Mahaffy". P. 79. Book by W. B. Stanford and R. B. McDowell, 1971.
“I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings.”
“If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.”
“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.”
“When I get to the end of my life, I want to be able to look back and know that my being here made things better - Daphne”
“Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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