"I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man, from the fields, the streets, the bars, the offices and even the gutters of his country, has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent, and that if I stick to this heritage, this logos of the American countryside, I shall attain a maximum of effectiveness with very little effort."

-- James M. Cain

#Country Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.”
“If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.”

Source : "Alex Ross: Time to show our appreciation for classical music". Interview with Alex Ross, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2010.
“I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they "slam dunk." That's sexy.”
“But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.”

Source : Interview with Andy Patrizio, www.ign.com. March 9, 2005.
“It was very hard to revisit a part of my life in the In the Land of Blood and Honey movie, which I thought had been buried deep down in my soul. To go back to where we were, twenty years ago, it was painful. I knew it would open up old wounds.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.”
“I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect.”
“Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.”

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