"I'm not "filled with my art". I ain't got no art. I've got only a kind of craftsman's skill, and make stories as I make biscuits or embroider underwear or wrap up packages."

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Source : Letter to Guy Moyston, June 25, 1925.

Rose Wilder Lane

#Art Quotes #Skills Quotes #Underwear Quotes

“In our family, you don't get a childhood. We're too busy trying to dominate the world.”

Source : Gordon Korman (2011). “The 39 Clues #8: The Emperor's Code”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.
“God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.”
“Systems don't win, players do.”
“Like Israel, New York City's history has been defined by immigrants who come in search of freedom and the opportunity to build a better life. And like Israel, New York City has remained a target for terrorists who seek to destroy that freedom”
“[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.”
“I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.”

Source : Interview with Charles Flowers, bookpage.com. October 1999.
“It looks like frozen snot.”
“Evolution is your solution.”

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