"Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide."

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Source : "Roddy Doyle's rules for writers". Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.

Roddy Doyle

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“I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as I do practicing and forming it, the whole system of journalism seems to not yield rewards sustainable as a craft. So few can spend enough time to be serious about it and approach it with confidence and a kind of depth. And that's good on one level, because you have some leveling, that's kind of maybe leveled the petty fiefdoms of undeserving people but it's also made it hard to make a living as a writer.”
“Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.”
“If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.”

Source : "I listen to color". TED Talks, www.ted.com. June 2012.
“If there is a time of judgment, instead of theological or institutional litmus tests, the only question asked about our life and spirituality will be "Did you love with abandonment?"”
“When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.”

Source : Mohsin Hamid (2012). “Moth Smoke”, p.9, Penguin
“I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.”

Source : "Experiment and Theory in Physics" by Max Born, (p. 44), 1943.
“Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an invitation to become. You will not be scrutinized, your actions compared with those of others. Thats just unicorn food. Let your river flow as it pleases. Simply observe and recognise that all is unfolding spontaneously when that inner journalist- the ego, is exposed as a myth.”
“Well, I come down in the morning and I take up a pencil and I try to THINK.”

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