"I donâ€™t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write."

-- Lorrie Moore

#Writing Quotes #Creating Quotes #Years Quotes

“So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.”

Source : "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2015.
“Every reality before your eyes was once imagined in the mind of one person. No matter who judges or knocks your dream, pay no attention to them. Instead, create what you imagine, and you will then be amazed at the Divine creative capacity you do have that will be well remembered for serving others.”
“Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a solace; it helps you now, and assures you of help in the future. Good education is a continual pain in the neck, and assures you always of more of the same.”
“Iâ€™m so sorry weâ€™ll never meet,â€ she whispered, laying her posy atop the late Lord and Lady Payneâ€™s grave. â€œBut thank you. For him. I promise, Iâ€™ll love him as fiercely as I can. Kindly send down some blessings when you can spare them. Weâ€™ll probably need them, from time to time.”
“A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar nature works of others especially famous persons.”
“Public taste changes and the aesthetic of a culture changes over time, so the idea isn't to appeal to the aesthetic of the moment and what people will like right now; the idea is to somehow keep yourself in the public memory so that as taste evolves it will eventually come to embrace your thing. So, it's about writing to be remembered rather than writing to be liked.”
“If you grew up in the 60's or 70's, and didn't do drugs I don't trust you.”
“I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.”

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