"There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example. I was a part-time registered nurse, a wife, and a mother when I began publishing. I'd taken no classes, had no experience, no knowledge of the publishing world, no agent, no contacts ... Take the risk to let all that is in you, out. Escape into the open."

-- Elizabeth Berg

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“The thing that makes me want to make pictures now is just looking without many prejudices. The stuff right under your eyes is the most wonderful universe - if you care to look with young eyes.”
“Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.”
“Once you become somebody, that don't mean you distance yourself from people. There is no such thing as no one can walk the streets or go outside. That I will never believe. There might be some fanfare. There might be some paparazzi, but you can control that. All you have to do is maintain the person you were before that when you would tell someone to back up or get out of my way or just stop and address people. Give them what they want. Have a smile, kick a few lyrics, and be out.”
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive?”
“The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.”

Source : Morley Safer (1990). “Flashbacks: on returning to Vietnam”, Random House Inc
“Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.230, Simon and Schuster
“Golf is a game you can never get too good at. You can improve, but you can never get to where you master the game.”

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