"Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time."

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Source : Roger Angell (2015). “This Old Man: All in Pieces”, p.18, Anchor

Roger Angell

#Writing Quotes #Hard Quotes

“I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.”
“I know the constitution in Oregon was passed in 1859. Free expression of opinion.”
“To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to deny their feelings.”
“One's ability to communicate a story visually, honestly, is a bridge of communication that transcends language because the true mark of a good film is that you can turn the sound off and watch it and have some understanding of what you're seeing.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Well, let it pass, he thought; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice. --The Sensible Thing”
“You can't please everyone, especially if you're doing very radical things at the vanguard of cooking. That's life; it's a polemic I've lived with since I started cooking.”
“I can keep learning about all the different technologies. It's my most telling characteristic. I'm interested in trying anything new.”
“I don't send messages, I'm not a fax machine”

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