"You don't need a dead father to explain a character's sadness. And impressing yourself with wit/cleverness often feels like what it is - authorial intrusion."

-- Mary J. Miller

#Father Quotes #Character Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged--the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.”
“I feel very fortunate to have been associated with people such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. I think they were geniuses of their time.”
“All interpretation, all psychology, all attempts to make things comprehensible, require the medium of theories, mythologies, and lies.”
“For each person there is a sentenceâ€”a series of wordsâ€”which has the power to destroy them.”
“I don't think the government (of El Salvador) was responsible. The nuns were not just nuns; the nuns were political activists. We ought to be a little more clear-cut about this than we usually are. They were political activists on behalf of the Frente and somebody who is using violence to oppose the Frente killed them.”
“The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.”
“Style is what one creates....glamou r is a state of mind.”
“I can't help but laugh at all of you writing fake stories about me. I was not in any hit and runs. I don't drink so the DUI is false.”

Source : "Amanda Bynes Charged In DUI Case, Actress Pleads Innocence To Barack Obama". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 6, 2012.

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