"Writing is self-reinforcing. Don't make a fetish out of it, and don't surrender to the myth of the garret, or the myth of the chained muse. It's like playing the guitar, or practicing taekwondo, or having sex. The more you do, the better you get. The better you get, the better it feels. The better it feels, the more you want to do."

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Source : Interview with Patrick Wolohan, www.sfsignal.com. August 24, 2009.

Jay Lake

#Sex Quotes #Writing Quotes #Guitar Quotes

“Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up of a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.”

Source : Elizabeth David (1969). “French Country Cooking”
“When you're not finding the fairway, it's hard to be consistent. [Right now] I'm comfortable and I'm not so comfortable, if that makes sense.”
“I grow beyond my family's limitations and live for myself. It is my turn now.”
“Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.”
“In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated defences of simply lying around doing nothing.”

Source : "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2006.
“You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me." I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.”
“Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.”

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