"Imagine yourself in the scene. See what there is to be seen. Listen to the sounds. Touch the world. Smell the air. Taste it. Use all of your senses. Then evoke those experiences for the reader. If you give the audience the flavor, they'll flesh out the moment in their own imaginations."

-- David Gerrold

#Writing Quotes #Air Quotes #Smell Quotes

“The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 25, 2015
“Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.”
“She is a mortal danger without meaning to be one; she's exquisite without giving ita thought; shes a trap set by nature, a rose in which love lies in ambush! Anyone who has seen her smile has known perfection. She creates grace without movement and makes all divinity fit into her slightest gesture. And neither Venus in her shell, nor Diana striding in the great, blossoming forest, can compare to her when she goes through the streets of paris in her sedan chair.”
“I called the album 'The Chemo' because it seems like the industry and music overall is dying slowly.”
“Harpernus Stoyan, if you can't behave yourself and go and turn all Roman hands and Russian Fingers under that comforter, you're going to have to sit on the couch," Stephanie snapped, sounding for all the world like a stern schoolteacher.”
“You don't control whether your movies get made. You can't. All you can control is whether your draft is great. So, you write your great draft, as best as you can, and then move on to the next thing.”
“Men never hesitated to declare their presence. They were permitted to live aloud, in reverberating thuds and clunks, while ladies were always schooled to abide in hushed whispers.”
“Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep.”

Source : On being criticized by Sir Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons, 'Hansard' 14 June 1978, col. 1027

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