"I've published many biographies over the years and enjoyed working with writers on their research, discussing it, thinking about it and how it revealed their subject - and one day the impulse came to me to write a life of someone. I made a long list of possible subjects and [ Barbara] Stanwyck was on the list."

-- Victoria Wilson

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself.”
“I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.”
“I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.”
“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.”

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2003). “Dreaming Water: A Novel”, p.164, Macmillan
“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.”
“The factors that contributed to my growth were many - finding someone who understood me, exploring the unconscious, awakening my latent love . . . but one star is brightest among all: the self. I found the source of livingness inside me, something I didn't even know existed.”
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.”
“Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.”

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