"I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect."

-- Donna Leon

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“But it seems an irony of creation that man's mind knows how to handle things the better the farther removed they are from the center of his existence. Thus we are cleverest where knowledge matters least....”

Source : Hermann Weyl (2013). “Levels of Infinity: Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy”, p.192, Courier Corporation
“I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.”
“You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable.”
“I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.”
“To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.”
“I like Destiny's Child.”
“The market's been soft, .. and I think that's mostly a result of the new provisions in the collective bargaining agreement.”
“If you want someone to tell you what to think..." "You will never be short of people willing to do so.”

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