"A novel it's different. It's kind of exhilarating not to have to cut to the bone constantly. Oh, well I can go over here for a moment. I can say what I think the guy was thinking or what the day looked like or what the bird was doing. If you do that as a playwright, you're dead."

-- David Mamet

#Cutting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Guy Quotes

“My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone has been caught by the Indians and tied between two wild stallions, each pulling in opposite directions?' she asked.I nodded mutely.'That's a bit what giving birth is like.”
“Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.”
“Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book One: Elements of the Real in Man”, p.7, Shambhala Publications
“Your nature is to keep quiet. You came from silence and you have to return to silence... you are dancing only for a little while you see... a little while you are dancing.”
“The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.”
“Marriage is not just about love and living together. It's much more complicated, especially when you are going to be making a family.”
“I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.”

Source : "Q&A: Zach Gilford on 'Nature,' Family and 'Friday Night Lights'". Interview with Breanne L. Heldman, www.mtv.com. December 07, 2012.
“These days everyone was insisting on their identity, coming out as a man, woman, gay, black, Jew - brandishing whichever features they could claim, as if without a tag they wouldnâ€™t be human.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2009). “The Black Album”, p.66, Faber & Faber

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