"Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite."

-- Alex Flinn

#Book Quotes #Taken Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Marriage is like a barbecue. When you light a barbecue, it's very exciting to see the flames. That's lovely, but you have to wait until the flames have died down. Everything that you want from a barbecue happens on the hot embers. You can't cook on those flames.”
“I feel as though I never had choice not to be a writer. I feel in my heart of hearts that writing chose me and this is what I must do. I have no choice but to write, and to write, and to write, because my very life depends on it. And to assume that, of course, everyone in the entire universe wants to read what I've written.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you?”

Source : "I Get a Kick Out of You" (song) (1934)
“The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“If you think positively instead of negatively, you'll behave better and you'll feel better.”
“Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.”
“Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.”
“Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.”

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