"Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments."

-- Erica Jong

#Self Quotes #Doubters Quotes #Moments Quotes

“I'm self-opinionated and I have a sense of self.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If we looked inside ourselves and remembered how insignificant we are, just for a couple of minutes a day, respect for other people would be an automatic result.”
“Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.”
“I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.”
“Witch' is just a religion, okay? No baby-sacrificing, no Black Masses, no sending imps out to scare the dog-snot out of kids, trying to make them think they're crazy. We don't do things like that. Our number-one law is 'Have fun in this lifetime, but don't hurt anybody.' Nice little paraphrase of "An it harm none, do as ye will" if I do say so myself.”
“Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it.”

Source : Edmund Vance Cooke, “How DID You Die?”
“The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.”
“Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.”

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