"I start with a tingle, a kind of feeling of the story I will write. Then come the characters, and they take over, they make the story."

-- Isak Dinesen

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Faced with a choice of stepping up or stepping it down, we are going to step it down.”
“Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.”
“Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.”
“[To a photographer who said, 'Look this way, love':] I am not your 'love.' I am Your Royal Highness!”
“Finding a stylist is a little like finding a date; you have to find who is right for you.”
“Some of your best songs come from a desperate attempt to escape, so sitting in an airport for hours I can just start pulling out little fragments of songs from my head. A lot of times a melody will just occur to me and be my companion for a couple of months.”
“True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.”
“In the new enlightenment, the reason we are driven to become one with the life-process is not merely to experience some form of mystical oneness with everything. We strive to become one with it for the biggest reason there could be - so we can ultimately take responsibility for where it's going.”

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