"I can think of no one more qualified to write about the modern South than Curtis Wilkie"

-- Willie Morris

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Modern Quotes

“There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.”

Source : Roger Zelazny (2016). “This Immortal”, p.100, ibooks
“Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it”

Source : "Sen. Boxer's GOP Challengers Aren't Pulling Punches". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. May 25, 2010.
“a successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions.”
“What inspires me is the desire to be on. The desire to be successful. The desire to reach people through my music and make a living off it and never have to do anything else. Being able to do music full time and travel the world and share this music with everybody. That's the dream.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.”
“For me, poetry has a strong link to my filmmaking. My films learn from my poetry. In poetry, you're free. You start in the corner and you don't know where it leads you. I have no message, I have nothing I want to tell, I just start and I see where it leads, and it's a big surprise and relief if it's good. That's the ideal state for filmmaking.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.”
“Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you.”

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