"Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately."

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Source : Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.106, St. Martin's Press

Sol Stein

#Jobs Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Answers Quotes

“Living with animals can be a wonderful experience, especially if we choose to learn the valuable lessons animals teach through their natural enthusiasm, grace, resourcefulness, affection and forgiveness.”

Source : Richard H. Pitcairn, Susan Hubble Pitcairn (2017). “Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats”, p.192, Rodale
“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.”
“Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”
“But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect”
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other ***** die for his.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is incompetence. Strength is always specific! Nobody ever commented, for example, that the great violinist Jascha Heifetz probably couldn't play the trumpet very well.”
“I remember listening to Cube's music when I was like 14 years old, my friends listening to it up in Toronto.”
“I heard you good with them soft lips.. Yeah you know word of mouth”

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