"I hesitate to say yes - I had writer's block, because I know there are people who've had really serious cases of it, and I've never been paralyzed like that, but I definitely get blocked sometimes. More than periods where I don't write anything, I have periods where I just write junk and I know I'm writing junk but I can't stop."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Jonathan Dee

#Block Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing.”
“We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them.”

Source : Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The Book of Three, 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.194, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
“In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.”
“Sugar is more present in America or England than it is in France. I think there is an addiction to sweetness.”

Source : "The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.
“Whatever a person's ultimate concern may be, it will have an enormous influence on everything else the person does or believes.”

Source : Ronald H. Nash (2010). “Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy”, p.19, Harper Collins
“I like spontaneity and intelligence in a girl. Nothing is more attractive to me than someone who has a good sense of who she is and can hold her own in a conversation.”
“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
“This is the spirit of prayer--sincere, humble, believing, submissive. Other prayer than this the Bible does not require--God will not accept.”

Source : Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.167

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