"It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live."

-- Norman Rush

#Encouragement Quotes #Kind Quotes #Novel Quotes

“I think drawing is really the basis of all art, even sculpture, film. The greatest filmmakers have always been able to at least roughly sketch out their ideas in storyboards. And black and white in particular is a good place to start.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 18, 2009.
“Occasionally there are people who are not like me, and I forget that they're more introverted or shy, or just don't want to make a decision so quickly.”
“An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led.”
“Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.”
“Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.”
“It was a terrifying feeling. And if it was love, he wanted none of it.”
“Even if times are tough and you're enduring a terrible heartache, it's important to focus your anger on a vibrator, not another person.”
“I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.”

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