"My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of gift and when it came time to try to find a publisher I had a little bit of an "in" because I had his agent I could turn to, to at least read my initial offerings when I was about 20. But the only problem was that they were just awful, they were just terrible stories and my agent, who ended up being my agent, was very, very sweet about it, but it took about four years until I actually had something worth trying to sell."

-- Anne Lamott

#Sweet Quotes #Father Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Never forget that it is we New Yorkers and New Englanders who have the monopoly of whatever oxygen there is in the American continent.”
“For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature to me.”
“If Tal would learn to program himself properly, then it would become quite impossible to play against him.”
“The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.”

Source : Eloisa James (2011). “When Beauty Tamed The Beast: Number 2 in series”, p.64, Hachette UK
“They say that a few minutes each day of petting your dog can raise your serotonin levels.”
“For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.”

Source : James N. Frey (2010). “How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling”, p.151, Macmillan
“I'm a biologist who has been interested in the biological roots of cognitive phenomena”

Source : "From autopoiesis to neurophenomenology: Francisco Varela's exploration of the biophysics of being" by D. Rudrauf, Biol Res 36: 27-65, 2003.
“Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.”

Source : "David Crockett: The Man and the Legend". Book by James Atkins Shackford, p. 112, 1994.

You may also like: