"The books are recordings; that's what they have to be, recordings of the writing. They have to be happening to me."

-- Tony Burgess

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Happenings Quotes

“Yoga is all about what you do, actually do, for yourself. Every competitor that is there is there for themselves.”
“I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.”
“Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.”
“In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is taken for granted. When the idea of reason was conceived, it was intended to achieve more than the mere regulation of the relation between means and ends: it was regarded as the instrument for understanding the ends, for determining them.”

Source : Max Horkheimer (2013). “Eclipse of Reason”, p.8, Read Books Ltd
“I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.”
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”

Source : Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Tyrwhitt (1830). “The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary by Tho. Tyrwhitt”, p.94
“I want to die on my own terms.”

Source : "My right to death with dignity at 29" by Brittany Maynard, www.cnn.com. November 2, 2014.
“Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.”

You may also like:

Brian Francis
Writer
Bruce McDonald
Film director
Dee Wallace
Actress
Joey Comeau
Writer
Robert Maillet
Actor