"The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Writing Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Novelists Quotes

“Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.”
“The effects of illegal immigration aren't that different from those of legal immigration â€”an illiterate Central American farmer with a green card is just as unsuited for a 21st-century economy as an illiterate Central American farmer without a green card.”
“The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.”
“Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.”
“The world still awaits a proper inquiry into climategate: one that is not stacked with global warming advocates and one that is prepared to cross-examine evidence, interview critics as well as supporters of the CRU and other IPCC players, and follow the evidence where it clearly leads.”
“Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”
“In Literature, only trouble is interesting.”

Source : Janet Burroway (1987). “Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft”, Little Brown
“We desperately need to explore how much of our understanding of the gospel is American and how much is biblical.”

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