"The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will ever proceed from a superficial mind."

-- Henry James

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mind Quotes

“How can we help my kids step into the shoes of another child?”
“Though how nature works is way beyond man's ability to comprehend, I have found that observing how nature works offers innumerable lessons that can help us understand the realities that affect us.”
“To do panels where you get to interact with your fans, in a really intimate, awesome way, and to let them ask all of the questions, is fun to me and it shows them that you care about their opinions, their thoughts, and their passion for your project.”
“It doesn't take a lot of people to create something amazing. It can take one or four people who are really driven and like minded to create something that has amazing meaning and value to millions of people in the world.”
“I made a lot of changes in my life between my twenties and thirties, and it all sort of revolves around how I think people with nerdier brains tend to problem-solve and approach things differently then "norms."”
“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.”

Source : Michael Cunningham (2010). “A Home at the End of the World: A Novel”, p.10, Macmillan
“If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone.”
“Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.”

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