"This is one of the ways fiction is more liberating than nonfiction - I don't have to be so concerned with fact. I had the paradigm of certain people in my head who became my characters, but I never considered these people to be from a "certain sector of society," unless we agree that we're all from certain sectors of society."

-- Said Sayrafiezadeh

#Character Quotes #People Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“I don't mind a little blood on the ice when it's a hockey rink, but I hate seeing blood on the ice when it's from baby seals.”
“I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.”
“Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I don't believe in social equality, and they know it.”
“Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.”
“I do photography and I studied film at school. So I've always really enjoyed that and I've got an eye for camera angles I guess. I've never taken that into filming wildlife.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“I am pretty diligent with my fitness routine. I am not like a crazy workout-holic, but I stay active.”

Source : "Bailey Chase from TV’s Longmire: Changing Roles, Changing Perspectives". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“All we are is eyes looking for the unbroken or the edges where the broken bits might fit each other.”

Source : Ali Smith (2014). “How to be Both”, p.370, Penguin UK

You may also like:

Amy Shearn
Author
Dalia Sofer
Writer
Darin Strauss
Writer
David Sheff
Author
Mark Haskell Smith
Writer
Peter Camejo
Author
Philipp Meyer
Fiction writer
Jane Alison
Lauren Grodstein
Novelist