"Does research get in the way of the story? It certainly can. Anything can, given that as writers we're all geniuses at procrastination. But mostly research teaches me about the world. Which often shows me the way, in terms of the story."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jim Shepard

#Procrastination Quotes #Doe Quotes #Genius Quotes

“The ancestor of every action is a thought.”
“Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.”
“I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.”
“Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.”
“Like an animal, cancer sleeps, prowls, hibernates, turns surly or placid.”
“Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.”
“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.”

Source : Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854). “Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence”, p.54, Burt Franklin
“The purpose of life is life.”

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