"It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha."

-- Herman Melville

#Purpose Quotes #News Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Yes, I learned long ago that the only satisfaction of authorship lies in finding the very few who understand what we mean. As for outside rewards, there is not one that I have ever discovered.”
“Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day.”
“Do you have someone watching her house?â€ (Stephanie) â€œThat kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. Weâ€™re so underbudgeted weâ€™re one step away from holding bake sales to pay for toilet paper. (Morelli)”
“A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting loose, in the storyâ€™s beginning, it better not be used to prop up a bookcase and then forgotten later on.”

Source : Ansen Dibell (1999). “Elements of Fiction Writing - Plot”, p.155, Writer's Digest Books
“You must let life flow naturally, for lifeâ€™s secret is patience; you must stop pushing for change and allow things to unfold.”
“Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.”
“Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.”
“Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as Paul Klee who find the thoughts of men of science compatible with art, influence me far more than most photographers.”

Source : Wynn Bullock, Barbara Bullock-Wilson (1984). “Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning”, Gibbs Smith

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