"Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better."

-- V. S. Pritchett

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes #Details Quotes

“Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.”
“I couldn't regard myself as personally repulsive. No man can, or, if he ever comes to do so, that is the end of him.”
“Beauty has a lot to do with character.”
“In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a lot of different things.”
“There are very few good writers about art, and you either get art-fashion writing with trendy views or you get very traditional writing. Occasionally, you get people who can write in an interesting way. Really, I think in a sense art writing needs to be renewed as well. It's in a pretty bad condition.”

Source : "Marc Quinn on artwriting (2000)". Interview with R.J. Preece, www.artdesigncafe.com. November 13, 2010.
“When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god-not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.”
“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”
“A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.”

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