"I donâ€™t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story."

-- Mary Lavin

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes #Detectives Quotes

“Punctuation is a fabulous tool for controlling your reader - you even get to control where they breathe. That's what I call power!”
“Exorcists always need to distinguish demonic possessions from mental or psychiatric disorders, and they use three symptoms to identify people as possessed. First, those people have the ability to see hidden sacred objects, which they always want removed. Second, they have an extraordinary physical strength. And third, they show an aversion to the sacred”
“Each time we plant a seed, we become ancestors for the generations to come.”
“I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.”
“My greatest inspiration had come from messages delivered through spirit sources, who seemed to guide my every step.”
“Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.”
“I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.”
“I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts.”

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