"Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready."

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Source : FaceBook post by Hilary Mantel from Mar 08, 2014

Hilary Mantel

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“Who knows where the road will lead us Only a fool would say, But if you let me love you I'm sure to love you all the way.”
“There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.”
“But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That's when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow.”

Source : Source: logger.believermag.com
“I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.”
“Nothing sparkly can stay.”
“Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.”
“You serve a greater cause. Your life is not yours to throw away (Magnus Bane)”
“Leadership is creating an environment in which people want to be part of the organization and not just work for the organization. Leadership creates an environment that makes people want to, rather than have to, do.”

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