"To write is to think, and to write well is to think well,"

-- David McCullough

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Wells Quotes

“In America, and no doubt elsewhere, we have such a tendency toward the segregation of cultural products. This is a black book, this is a gay book, this is an Asian book. It can be counterproductive both to the literary enterprise and to people's reading, because it can set up barriers. Readers may think, "Oh, I'm a straight man from Atlanta and I'm white, so I won't enjoy that book because it's by a gay black woman in Brooklyn." They're encouraged to think that, in a way, because of the categorization in the media.”
“I didn't want people to accuse me of being really depressive. I really tried to fight against that and not have a complete downer about the subject.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day”
“John and I weren't capable of getting back to Kenwood from there, so the four of us sat up for the rest of the night as the walls moved, the plants talked, other people looked like ghouls and time stood still. It was horrific: I hated the lack of control and not knowing what was going on or what would happen next.”

Source : Cynthia Lennon (2005). “John”, Crown Pub
“Everything is sore right now. Everything. I look like I'm doing okay but I can't wait to get home.”
“But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.”
“My family and I would never receive royalties on the revenue that my materials brought into the church; materials that were created on our own personal time.”
“Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.”

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