"Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that is why he keeps on trying."

-- Arthur David Beaty

#Writing Quotes #Air Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.”
“He [Ma's Tooth] was part of her a minute ago but now he's not. Just a thing.”

Source : Emma Donoghue (2015). “Room: Picador Classic”, p.55, Pan Macmillan
“More oftentimes than not, you're automatically guilty before innocent.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I enjoy wine collecting and great food.”
“Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and awareness breaks all narrow territories.”
“All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.”
“Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.”
“When a music teacher that I had at school was taken ill and we had a variety show and I had to fill in - that's when I realized I had a voice.”

Source : "13 Questions With Lily Allen". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com. December 19, 2006.

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