"Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless you ï¬nd compelling evidence that departs from the accepted wisdom. A biography for young people calls for the demanding art of distillation, the art of storytelling, and your responsibility is to stick as closely as possible to the documented record."

-- Russell Freedman

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“It's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down”
“I feel like this is a feminist issue and is going to be a part of a feminist conversation, and I wanted images of women of color in that conversation - feminism historically has left us out.”
“Like a lot of writers, I just got sick to death of conventional fiction. I absolutely couldn't stand the illusion of reality and plot. I just couldn't stomach it.”

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“The value of the individual does not lie in him. He receives it by union with Christ.”
“The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.”
“Everything solid was first an idea.”
“A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.”
“He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.”

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