"Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon."

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Source : Ann Patchett (2004). “Truth and Beauty: A Friendship”

Ann Patchett

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“Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.”
“Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its own rhythm. It's not like reading a book or looking at a painting. It gives you its own time frame, like music, so they are very connected for me. But music to me is the biggest inspiration. When I get depressed, or anything, I go "think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!" So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?”
“I think as long as the standard of quality, the story-telling, film-making, acting etc. etc. remains consistent, then you've got a good change of making a decent anthology.”
“Producing is just a big learning experience.”

Source : "He's Too Much Like My Brother". Interview with Melinda Newman, www.washingtonpost.com. October 19, 2008.
“A buddy of mine was addicted to ***** and he told me that people who say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting ***** are wrong.”
“Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.”
“If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.”
“Radley rolled his eyes. He actually rolled his eyes at my father. Alpha of the south-central territory and head of the Territorial Council. Sure, I did that all the time but I'd also peed on his lap when I was two. No one else got away with such disrespect toward an Alpha, which meant Radley either didn't know who my father was, or didn't care”

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