"I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to write with candor about - mom and dad. Everything else is downhill from there."

-- Said Sayrafiezadeh

#Mom Quotes #Dad Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Being a winner is never an accident; winning comes about by design, determination and positive action.”
“Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.”
“I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.”
“Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore.”

Source : 'Sudden Light'
“Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.”
“I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.”
“Diets are essentially traning courses in how to feel fat and feel like a failure”
“Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Monfette, www.ign.com. August 24, 2007.

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