"It takes a spasm of love to write a poem."

-- Erica Jong

#Writing Quotes

“It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.”
“Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.”
“I love The Purple Book. It continually helps reinforce the only foundation worth building uponâ€” a biblical one.”
“Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving.”
“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.”

Source : "Pop Sovereign: A Conversation With Madonna". Interview With T. Cole Rachel, pitchfork.com. March 2, 2015.
“I don't like littering and I think it leads to terrorist activities.”
“We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.”

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