"You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it's irresponsible to simply be a nihilist, which quite a lot of playwrights, especially playwrights younger than me, have become guilty of."

-- Tony Kushner

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Guilty Quotes

“The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who pays for the sin?”
“I have been told that a young would-be composer wrote to Mozart asking advice about how to compose a symphony. Mozart responded that a symphony was a complex and demanding form and it would be better to start with something simpler. The young man protested, 'But, Herr Mozart, you wrote symphonies when you were younger than I am now.' Mozart replied, 'I never asked how.”
“Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.”
“If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.”

Source : William McKinley's remarks on 1900 US campaign poster of McKinley and his choice for second term Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, July 12, 1900.
“On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.”
“I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'”
“Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just write.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.131, Shambhala Publications

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