"That’s why you have to write your book right now, if that’s what you want to do. If you wait until you have the time, and the security, you might not want to do it. You’re in a race against your own enthusiasm. Don’t put it off because someone told you it’s never too late. That’s the worst lie. It’s never too late today, but it’s often too late tomorrow."

-- Stephen Elliott

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“It just makes me wonder what subject you blame for talking to me every night.' I'm still settling on an answer for that one. Probably Chemistry. Jesus Christ. I can't believe I just wrote that.”
“I would never be innovative enough to "blaze my own trail," I'm just trying to be interesting. So I don't look to anyone else as far as inspiration.”
“Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.”
“What you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the time, we can't help but be creative.”

Source : "Jonah Lehrer: We can all be as creative as Picasso... we just have to learn how". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2012.
“My cat can eat a whole watermelon.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rubin Farr". "Rubin and Ed", www.imdb.com. 1991.
“So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.”
“We live in a racist world. Everywhere there is racism. We say to White people, "You really have to examine how you behave in the world. You are responsible for deconstructing internalized racism and being part of a ongoing process of decolonizing yourself."”
“Asking women to respect themselves in order to â€˜earnâ€™ the right to be treated like a human being is total horseshit. But suggesting that you have the right to treat her exactly as you please because she didnâ€™t adhere to your archaic views of feminine propriety is misogyny, plain and simple.”

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