"It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Aoife O'Donovan

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Morbid Quotes

“Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.”
“Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured plant retreats before it.”
“Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men.' The writing is so precise, and the story so carefully crafted, that I don't think there's room - or need - for ad libbing. I could never come up with dialogue as lovely as these writers do, anyway.”
“Harold Ramis really got my career going and was a friend for a long time. I was doing a play in L.A., and he came to see it a few times and recommended me to Ivan Reitman for Ghostbusters 2. Six months later, I quit real estate and was acting for good, and it was really because Harold took an interest in me and made a phone call and did stuff that people don't usually do, even if they like somebody.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.”
“Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.”

Source : Q magazine, August 1992.
“Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.”
“When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.”

Source : David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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