"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!"

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Source : Edna Ferber (1939). “A Peculiar Treasure”

Edna Ferber

#Writing Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“They came up with a table of pictures of all the shapes of UFOs that have ever been recorded -about fifty ...The study of UFOs may reveal some new forms of energy to us,or at least bring us closer to a solution.”
“Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.”

Source : Timothy Thomas Fortune, Seth Moglen (2007). “Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South”, Simon and Schuster
“The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried, still keeps amid the prowlings of its adversity the bold, free, panther-tread with which it paced of yore the temple courts of Thebes, still displays the self-reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside.”
“When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.”
“When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.”
“Getting back to inflation, it is important to note that the producer price Index does not reflect wage pressures - and that is where the inflation threat really lies.”
“Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.”
“I wish I had more hair on my head. Maybe if I sprinkled fertilizer on it, it would grow”

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