"If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for yourself. That done, be the untutored traveler, the eager reader, the enthusiastic listener. Put what you learn together carefully, and then write thoughtfully, with respect both for the reader and your sources."

-- Barry Lopez

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“I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.”
“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
“In fact, I believe to a certain extent a person today who starts with just clay, with no drawing and no painting and no figure drawing, still-life drawing, various things, they miss a great deal.”
“Occasionally when you’re in that zone, striving to operate at your highest levels, you get consumed. You forget to eat and shower. But that can be a good thing. No one makes money eating or showering.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brandon Steiner from Aug 04, 2014
“After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.36, Mondial
“The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.”
“It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.”
“What strange creatures brothers are!”

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