"I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had--I don't know what--the literary equivalent of a shower. Something that would start them thinking in a slightly different way perhaps. That's what I think writers are for. This is what our function is."

-- Doris Lessing

#Jobs Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might be giving you misinformation. Sometimes it is factually incorrect and for that, it's important to me to check it out and not let things find their way into the film without being challenged, either by me, or by another character, or by evidence that you might see on screen.”
“I love racing and I love doing well.”
“Jesus teaches us to put the needs of the poor ahead of our own, our needs, even if legitimate, will never be so urgent as those of the poor, who lack the necessities of life,”
“Tampa's crazy... The ladies in Tampa come in all flavors. I felt like I was at Dairy Queen.”
“Water is a means to an end, not an end in itself.”
“It's so hard for women to be happy for one another, like genuinely happy. Once you find that, you know you've found true SELF happiness”
“It is in your power to point the way to a less dangerous and happier life.”
“Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.”

Source : "Independent Lens. The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2013.

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