"I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing my hands, cackling, "The dad is really going to take it on the chin in this one!" Not in terms of any given story, and certainly not in terms of the collection as a whole."

-- Roy Kesey

#Dad Quotes #Character Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.”
“I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.”
“There's not much that doesn't get me stoked.”
“A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.”
“Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!”
“Historical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far future, when we don't know what people are going to think about yet.”
“When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.”

Source : Clarence Day (1928). “Thoughts without words”
“As the BBC approaches the final phase of decisions about its future, it will be important for those involved to be established in post and ready to take responsibility for implementation of the outcome.”

Source : "Dyke's 'posh lady' quits BBC" by Jason Deans, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2004.

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