"Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too."

-- George V. Higgins

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Reader Quotes

“Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment.”
“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”
“In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with a small garden of plants that stay green all year. The winter is bleak. This place is primarily for the installation of art, necessarily for whatever architecture of my own that can be included in an existing situation, for work, and altogether for my idea of living.”

Source : Donald Judd (1987). “Complete Writings, 1975-1986”
“You can spend your time Dreaming about Living or Living your Dream”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Look at me - I was the boo boy for years and years. Did I ever think I would end up in Hollywood or the FA Cup final? No, I didn't.”
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith....”
“The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.”
“My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'”

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