"I wrote some weird magical realism stories that are probably on some hard drive somewhere, and if I ever uncover that hard drive, I'll burn it. I tried to do a little bit of writing while I was in Iraq, but it wasn't the really greatest space for creative production."

-- Phil Klay

#Writing Quotes #Creative Quotes #Really Great Quotes

“Purge, emerge and flourish. It's natural.”
“Success can create amazing opportunities but it can also bring a set of confines which make your decisions a little murkier.”
“For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.”
“Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them while I live.”

Source : Elizabeth Akers Allen, “Until Death”
“We come to God by love and not by navigation.”
“There are more things to admire in men then to despise.”
“One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.”
“Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other hand, religion without science is powerless because it lacks an effective means through which to actualize the ultimate reality. Science and religion must work together harmoniously.”

Source : Masao Abe (2003). “Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought”, p.55, University of Hawaii Press

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