"I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas."

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Source : Michael Moorcock (2008). “Elric The Stealer of Souls”, p.439, Del Rey

Michael Moorcock

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.”
“A lot of weird ads. Sally Struthers with that little kid: 'Just 55 cents, the price of a cup of coffee, feeds this kid and his family for a week.' Yeah, where is that? 'Cause I wanna move there.”
“Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.”
“The quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.”
“I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Some days are like that. Even in Australia.”
“I think, for some children, your skills don't lie in written words. A lot of school is based around written words and how good you are at spelling or reading. From a young age, if you're told you can't spell or read very well, you're made to feel a bit stupid.”
“Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end. But two together may perhaps find wisdom.”

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