"Most writers I know move back and forth between the rational and the intuitive, though there are some who approach writing very rationally, and others who claim not to think their work through."

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Source : "Something to be shared". Interview with Reed Turchi, logger.believermag.com. November 11, 2014.

Peter Turchi

#Moving Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.”
“A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.”

Source : "Iain Duncan Smith vows to tackle 'absurd' welfare dependency". www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2010.
“There is no greater treasure than a husband who models godliness before his wife and children on a daily basis.”

Source : Jim George (2016). “A Husband After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage”, p.53, Harvest House Publishers
“Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment. Shame (and praise) help the child to internalize the parent's judgment. It impresses upon the child that the parent is not only more powerful but also right. Like the Puritans, Locke (in 1690), wanted the child to adopt the parent's moral position, rather than simply bow to superior strength or social pressure.”
“Just like those other black holes from outer space, Hollywood is postmodern to this extent: it has no center, only a spreading dead zone of exhaustion, inertia, and brilliant decay.”

Source : Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker, David Cook (1989). “Panic Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Postmodern Scene”
“At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us in a new light, it behooves us in our scientific thinking to become masters of the situation, for it is not inconceivable that sooner than we suspect, as has often been the case before in history, this vision may disappear, the opportunity may be lost, and the world will once again present a static, uniform, and inflexible countenance.”

Source : "Ideology and Utopia". Book by Karl Mannheim, 1936.
“My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty.”
“Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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