"I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience."

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Source : Joyce Cary, Alan Bishop (1976). “Selected essays”, Michael Joseph

Joyce Cary

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Emotional Quotes

“Be forewarned,' the vamp said, 'if I learn that there's anything romantic happening here, I'm sending him packing...less a few body parts.' Kylie's mouth dropped open. 'Romantic? Oh, please, he's old. He's as old as you.' Burnett's brow creased. 'Which is my point.' His frown deepened. 'Not that I'm *that* old.”
“I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.”
“William Armstrong is a great teacher. He speaks truthfullyabout the discipline required for learning, and about the pleasures oforder and system in acquiring knowledge. Any reader, of any age, will enjoythis book.”
“You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me”
“Some conservatives have expressed outrage that the views of professors are at odds with the views of students, as if ideas were entitled to be represented in proportion to their popularity and students were entitled to professors who share their political or social values. One of the more important functions of college that it exposes young people to ideas and arguments they have not encountered at home is redefined as a problem.”

Source : "The Pernicious Concept of 'Balance'". "The Chronicle of Higher Education", September 9, 2005.
“Moscow, breathing fire like a human volcano with its smouldering lava of passion, ambition and politics, its hurly-burly of meetings and entertainment.... Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new...”

Source : "Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir".
“Building a successful life is much like building anything else: it should be thoroughly thought about in advance and then carried through to completion.”
“I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.”

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