"I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence for months. The thing to say to such people is: "See how bad a story you can write. See how dull you can be. Go ahead. That would be fun and interesting. I will give you ten dollars if you can write something thoroughly dull from beginning to end!" And of course, no one can."

-- Brenda Ueland

#Fun Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“So, the next film won't necessarily be modern-day Albany, Georgia but we're grateful for the films we've made (with Sherwood). The church is an amazing church. We're gonna grow as filmmakers and invest in the next generation of upcoming filmmakers and try to duplicate what we're doing.”

Source : "'Courageous' filmmaker Alex Kendrick branches out with a new book, a new Erwin Brothers comedy and a new production company". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. July 2013.
“I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character.”

Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897). “Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland”
“'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.”
“We can't possibly fight all the terrorists in all the countries where they exist because we don't have the money or manpower to do so.”
“Let me tell you something. I ain't scared of nothing. I came out my mama.”
“For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You can do a good ad without good typography, but you can't do a great ad without good typography.”
“The military defeat of an oppressive regime is important, but it does not answer our problems. It is where our problems begin, since social change cannot be reduced to a military solution.”

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