"There is that lovely feeling of one reader telling another, 'You must read this.' I've always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America, a discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me."

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Source : "Exclusive: Howard Gordon Talks About His New Series HOMELAND and AWAKE, Plus Progress on the 24 Movie". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 2, 2011.

Abraham Verghese

#Meaningful Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“It was the final session of the Council, the most essential, in which the Pope [Paul VI] was to bestow upon all humanity the teachings of the Council. He announced this to me on that day with these words,Â â€˜I am about to blow the seven trumpets of the Apocalypse.â€™”
“Economic activity is carried out by individuals in organisations that require a high degree of social co-operation”
“Fear is the enemy of hope.”
“The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.”

Source : Miguel de Unamuno (1925). “Essays and Soliloquies”
“If you want to sustain excellence over a long time, you'd better come up with a system that works well. Anyone can sprint for a little while, but you can't sprint for forty years.”
“God, I love John Cassavetes.”

Source : "Q&A: 'Breaking Dawn' costar Angela Sarafyan on finding her 'American animal'". Interview with Matt Patches, www.mtv.com. May 18, 2012.
“A hijra is someone who has transitioned from male to female, but we don't consider ourselves female because culturally we belong to a completely different section of society. Many hijras are castrated, but it's not compulsory. They say it's the soul which is hijra. We feel we are neither man nor woman, but we enjoy femininity. I enjoy womanhood, but I am not a woman. It's very confusing.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.”

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