"Whatever one may say about the perils of workshops, they help writers internalize an awareness of audience."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Debra Dean

#May Quotes #Helping Quotes #Awareness Quotes

“That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them”
“If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?”

Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1958). “From a writer's notebook”
“People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!”
“I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.”
“There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.”
“I have very human responses to things, so I had to learn to just be still.”
“The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that.”
“Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness.”

Source : "Make Bullying History: Stopping Violence Before It Starts" by Mike Honda and Joaquin Phoenix, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 29, 2012.

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