"Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing is very boring for outsiders."

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Source : Stephen Vizinczey “Truth and Lies in Literature, A Writer's Ten Commandments: (Revised and Extended edition)”, stephenvizinczey.com

Stephen Vizinczey

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.”
“Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.”
“Life itself is dispare, so we must make darkness our ally”
“If you can't hold your own, you're gonna get knocked out. You're bleeding all over the place. There are many, many nights that these boys are crawling off the mats. They drop from body shots, their nose is just bleeding like a faucet. On Wednesday nights, they come in and get a beating. It only happens once with these guys. You'll get karate experts or Tae Kwon Do experts and they can't hold a candle.”
“We're grown ***** men, you don't need to be falling all over the place.”
“The journey is the destination. That's what you have to tell people.”
“If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.”
“There is the most wonderful thing called Polaris: it's a very high frequency laser treatment that lifts and tightens the skin.”

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