"Writing is turning one's worst moments into money."

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Source : Quoted in Playboy, May 1979

J. P. Donleavy

#Writing Quotes #Moments Quotes #Worst Quotes

“She had the kind of looks that had probably been quite pretty in high school, but were now worn down by years of smoking cigarettes, raising children, and the disappointment of being married to an asshole.”

Source : Tami Hoag (2009). “Deeper Than the Dead”, p.104, Penguin
“That's basically what I have people do, I have them become aware. Once you set a goal, once you become aware of something, it becomes part of your consciousness.”
“There's lots of room to be your own worse critic. It's just you, so I think that's inherit, that voice that's always that's there monitoring everything you do. It's definitely worse; the critic is harder when it's just you. If you're doing a show, then the critic can blame the other actors your with.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“The next day, to the joy of all of Arthur's court, Sir Gareth was wed to the fair Lady Lyonesse of Cornwall. All who beheld the couple declared that ne'er had so handsome a knight wed so beautiful a maiden. At the same time, Sir Gaheris was wedded to the Lady Lynet, younger sister to the Lady Lyonesse. They looked alright too.”
“Historically, I guess that's how science fiction works: you start by using aliens to think the unthinkable Â— and then, eventually, another writer, having grown a little more comfortable with the earlier notion, brings it into the human.”
“Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.”

Source : Robert O. Becker, Gary Selden (1985). “The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life”, William Morrow & Company
“The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the emergence of a rich society”
“Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990.”

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