"It is more important to just be as honest as I can about my characters than to write some really great sentence."

-- Molly Antopol

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Important Quotes

“When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.”
“Truth only seems old fashioned nowadays because we've grown so accustomed to deceit and manipulation. But Truth is eternal, so it can never be old or new. It never 'was' or 'will be.' It just 'is.' It always 'is.' Truth never grows old, and if you believe in it and try to live by it, you will always be, in some ways - the only ways that matter - the youngest, freshest, most energetic rebel on the block.”
“My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.”
“I want the attention, I love the attention.”
“We're facing enormous changes in our planetary life, with climate change and the adaptations that all natural systems are going to have to make to these climate changes, and so it's extremely important to bear witness to what's happening.”

Source : Nashville Review Interview, as.vanderbilt.edu. December 1, 2012.
“Judenhass is endlessly disturbing, often unpleasant and incessantly horrifying in its stark coldness. The quotes should never be forgotten or made light of. It is why all people of good will say, 'Never again.'”
“I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.”

Source : Interview with Jessica Grose, www.slate.com. January 19, 2012.
“Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are”

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