"I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work."

--

Source : Source: www.stephbowe.com

Nick Earls

#Real Quotes #People Quotes #Attention Quotes

“And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance.”
“Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.”
“After a snowstorm is the best time to be in the woods, because all the empty beer and soda cans and candy wrappers disappear, and you don't have to try as hard to be in another time. Plus there's just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on.”
“History is but a kind of Newgate calendar, a register of the crimes and miseries that man has inflicted on his fellow-man.”
“The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.”

Source : "Creating One Huge Computer". Interview with Spencer Reiss, www.wired.com. July 15, 1998.
“When you think about it, weâ€™re all different people all through our lives, and thatâ€™s okay, thatâ€™s good, youâ€™ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.”
“Weight was the thing I hyperfocused on. It went from me losing a few pounds to slowly over time losing more and more weight and becoming more and more focused on it.”
“To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.”

You may also like:

Christos Tsiolkas
Author
Craig Silvey
Novelist
David Malouf
Writer
Kathy Lette
Author
Michael Robotham
Writer
Robin McLeavy
Film actress
Sonya Hartnett
Author
Steven Amsterdam
Writer
Tara Moss
Author