"If you have some other profession that allows you your evenings or weekends, terrific, stick with that. Having a profession other than writing also has the potential side benefit of providing you with material, something to write about."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Debra Dean

#Writing Quotes #Weekend Quotes #Evening Quotes

“Remember the box fight: You start as a southpaw, you go back to fighting as a right-handed fighter.”
“Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.”
“We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together.”
“Bacon's not the only thing that's cured by hanging from a string.”

Source : Table of Truth (1933) "Two Poems, after A. E. Housman," no. 1
“Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best. They may not be the ones you like the best. They may not be the most interesting, but they are the closest and probably the clearest to you.”
“I've been saying for a couple of years now that people need to let God out of the Sunday morning box, that He doesn't want to just be with you for an hour or two on Sunday morning and then put back in His box to sit there until you have an emergency, but He wants to invade your Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.”
“You know, my life's changed now. I'm starting to experience what people are really supposed to do. You supposed to be married. You're supposed to have a family, kids, treat your wife right.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.”

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