"I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves."

-- J. A. Jance

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.”
“What happens often - although I'm not particularly a victim of this sort of thing - is that somebody will make a quote, or invent a remark and it gets printed, ends up on the 'net and it becomes currency. And some of them are so bizarre!”
“...I use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax on my entire collection of vintage guitars ... it's the best polish I've ever used...”
“There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood ...in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.”
“As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used to getting their own way,and you know youâ€™ve really got under their skin when they pursue censorship, the avenue of last resort since time immemorial.”

Source : Guy Adams: I thought the internet age had ended this kind of censorship, www.independent.co.uk. July 30, 2012.
“Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into?”
“I am certainly not perfect. I don't think you should try to be perfect for anyone. When you come to terms with that, then you're OK.”

Source : "Elle Fanning on Boys, Marilyn Monroe, and her New Film 'Ginger & Rosa'". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. March 15, 2013.
“Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output.... In weather, for example, this translates into what is only half-jokingly known as the Butter- fly Effectâ€”the notion that a butterfly stirring the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York.”

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