"If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Writing Quotes #Blood Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“I think we live a culture that's obsessed with people, you know, 'Celebrities are just like us!' Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.”
“Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.”
“I don't know if I would do sequels. I almost feel like when I'm done with them, they're going to have to find their own way.”

Source : "Author Anne Rivers Siddons on her book ‘Nora, Nora’". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. August 1, 2000.
“Bloodshed begets bloodshed. Hatred begits hatred.”
“The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh: A Novel”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I think it's easier to play when you do have a balanced home. I think if I did have alcoholism in my personal life, or my mother, or somebody close to me, it might have been much more uncomfortable to get in there.”
“That's at the core of equity: understanding who your kids are and how to meet their needs. You are still focused on outcomes, but the path to get there may not be the same for each one.”
“I don't like the life here in New York. There is no greenery. It would make a stone sick.”

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