"When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it."

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Source : Tracy Kidder, Richard Todd (2013). “Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction”, p.81, Random House

Tracy Kidder

#Believe Quotes #Stories Quotes #Reader Quotes

“It used to be that people could be painfully boring in private. Facebook changed all that.”

Source : FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Feb 25, 2012
“Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.”

Source : "Michael Sheen: this much I know" by Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2012.
“P.I.L. has been a favorite of mine since high school especially there metal box album. The guitarist Keith Levine gets some of the best sounds ever to come out of a guitar. The songs are really free form and experimental and have a heavy dub influence.”
“Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership should be reflected in our national symbols and one appropriate way to do that is by finally making the changes needed to make Australia a republic... A country's history does not change because it takes a step forward, but its possibilities for the future do.”
“During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than information.”
“And Jesus was a Jew too. Your god. He was a Jew like me. And so was his father.”
“Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.”
“I feel dominant - I feel the triangle offense utilizes all my skills.”

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