"It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry."

-- Erica Jong

#Writing Quotes #Males Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons.”
“I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.”

Source : Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.
“Encourage innovation. Change is our lifeblood, stagnation our death knell.”

Source : David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.94, Profile Books
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained.”
“I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.”
“The worst effect of tutelage is that it negates self-discipline, and therefore people suddenly released from it are almost bound to make fools of themselves.”
“To me, speed is really about convenience.”

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