"Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write."

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Source : Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt

Diana Trilling

#Writing Quotes #Failing Quotes

“There is NO reason to hit a woman!”

Source : "How What Makes You Laugh (And Cringe) Reveals Your Hidden Biases". "Hidden Brain" with Shankar Vedantam, www.npr.org. December 8, 2015.
“She had not made a decision to give up sex, only the clamor of romance, because it was exhausting her, doing her no good and too much harm...”
“A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does”

Source : "Peaceful Warrior". www.imdb.com. 2006.
“I'm happy if my book makes you want to kiss your family... if we can reconcile with each other no matter where we are on the globe.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I believe people are still wonderful in hating. They hate what they don't understand, they hate each other. No matter what anyone says, this world is still not a bit more tolerante than it was before.”
“If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.”
“Fortunately, the second-to-last bug has just been fixed.”

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