". . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do."

-- Margaret Caroline Anderson

#Life Quotes #Want Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Nothing is as universal as some good scatalogical humor. I try to shift the frame in which people think about poetry from being distant or "sacred" to being more human, because then I think it becomes easier to feel like poetry belongs to us, is for us, is from us.”
“In this, the late afternoon of my life, I wonder: am I casting a longer shadow or is my shadow casting a shorter me?”
“I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.”
“Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now means everything to me. I had many doubts and fears about that book, but some of what I feel are the best ideas in it came to me when I was working away for apparently no result. Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.”
“There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling.”
“Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.”
“We are all leaders-whether we want to be or not. There is always someone we are influencing-either leading them to good-or away from good.”
“Where there is great love, there are always wishes.”

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