"To be a successful soldier, you must know history."

-- George S. Patton

#Successful Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.”

Source : "Iain Banks: the final interview". Interview with Stuart Kelly, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2013.
“To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.”
“The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.”
“I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood.”
“With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.”
“Reputation Is Temporary..As Much as The Man Owning Your Reputation Is”
“Behold the life at ease; it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course.”
“Writers when they're writing live in a spooky, clamorous silence, a state somewhat like the advanced stages of prayer but without prayer's calming benefits.”

Source : Joy Williams (2015). “Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals”, p.177, Rowman & Littlefield

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