"I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound."

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Source : "Terry McMillan: On The Anguilla Literary Festival & Oprah’s Possible Role In ‘Waiting To Exhale’ Sequel". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 16, 2012.

Terry McMillan

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Pride Quotes

“There is growing awareness of the beauty of country ... a sincere desire to keep some of it for all time. People are beginning to value highly the fact that a river runs unimpeded for a distance... They are beginning to obtain deep satisfaction from the fact that a herd of elk may be observed in back country, on ancestral ranges, where the Indians once hunted them. They are beginning to seek the healing relaxation that is possible in wild country. In short, they want it.”
“Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2007). “Wars of Blood and Faith”, p.295, Stackpole Books
“Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.”
“I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.”

Source : Sarra Manning (2011). “You Don't Have to Say You Love Me”, p.241, Random House
“Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing”

Source : Tom Paulin (2011). “Seize the Fire: A Version of Aeschylus's 'Prometheus Bound'”, p.10, Faber & Faber
“Van Gogh is the best example of how a person can be on the right track, propelled by gut feeling and some kind of strange obsessive stubborn conviction, that no one seems to understand.”
“I bike all the time in New York City. I bike for hours. I can bike for eight hours a day and just go everywhere with bikes.”
“Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.”

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