"Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen."

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Source : Delia Ephron (1988). “Funny sauce”, Signet

Delia Ephron

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“It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.”
“One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!”
“Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the last.”

Source : "The Romance and Reality of Foreign Reporting". Interview with Jack Shafer, www.slate.com. December 29, 2009.
“Badass is a juvenile aspiration.”

Source : Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.195, Random House
“My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.”
“I tend to opt for relaxed family holidays when I can.”
“I'd like my life back.”

Source : "BP goes on PR offensive". "Nightly News" with Lisa Myers, www.nbcnews.com. June 3, 2010.
“To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise”

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