"My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down things that are already known to you. You're actually discovering in the writing process, you're actually creating knowledge."

-- Alan Lightman

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Creating Quotes

“If you come on my property, I've got you from the second that you enter on. There's little lasers my TVs come on in my room and fall just right on you. So, there's no way to sneak up on me. And I've got a loud dog.”
“When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.”
“An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.”

Source : Donald J Cram, Jane M Cram (2007). “Container Molecules and Their Guests”, p.1, Royal Society of Chemistry
“Good writing is lean and confident.”
“The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.”
“Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered”
“I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.”
“Hollywood always likes to create a star.”

Source : "Nicole Holofcener Really Loves Catherine Keener's Face (So Do We)" by Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. October 20, 2010.

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