"I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write."

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#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Voice Quotes

“The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul.”
“A love story - your own, or anyone else's - is interior, hidden. It can never be accurately reported, only imagined. It is all dreams and invention. It's guesswork.”
“One woman and one man might have been OK in your grandmother's day, but who wants to marry your grandmother? Not even your grandfather!”
“Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message from the printed page. I am always looking for some typical person or face that will tie the picture essay together in a human way.”
“Cutter's Way was a real test of my stupidity. Every day, it was like, who did I think I was? But people put up with me. But I considered myself an alcoholic, so I had the inside track on how an alcoholic would do this or that and so on and so forth. That became pretty annoying, I'm sure.”

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com
“I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now - unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.”
“Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches.”

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