"The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels."

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Source : Nancy Hale (1977). “The Realities of Fiction: A Book About Writing”, Greenwood Press

Nancy Hale

#Lying Quotes #Hands Quotes #Research Quotes

“I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.”
“Artists who approach perfection do not have many ideas.”
“Partiality, in the sense that objectors commonly use the word, is impossible in the sphere of grace. It can exist only in the sphere of justice, where the persons concerned have certain claims and rights.”
“What is poverty, if not violence. Like, the number of people who die every year from starvation and from hunger and poverty is in the tens of millions.”
“I'm happier than I would have been with the Beatles.”
“Through the dripping weeks that follow One another slow, and soak Summer's extinguished fire and autumn's drifting smoke.”
“I could give up chocolate but I'm not a quitter.”
“I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere, they are visible yet everywhere occult.”

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