"The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself."

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Source : Percy Lubbock (2007). “The Craft of Fiction”, p.55, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

Percy Lubbock

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“That there were other worlds, invisible, unknown, beyond imagination even, was a revelation to him.”
“The positive thing about collaborating is that I cannot get distracted by coding work, because I cannot waste the other collaborator's time in the same way as I can my own. And it's always good to learn how the other person works, learn about techniques, learn social things like: how do you communicate with another person? The music I make with other people I'm much more confident about, I'm a little bit less judgemental of the outcome than with my own stuff because I know it's not only me, it's a more outside of me. Sometimes I even like them better than my own tracks.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.”
“There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Sep 22, 2012
“The Lord doesn't expect us to work harder than we are able. He doesn't (nor should we) compare our efforts to those of others. Our Heavenly Father asks only that we do the best we canâ€”that we work according to our full capacity, however great or small that may be.”
“I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night Football.' Booked! Football is first, then basketball and then everything else.”

Source : "Jordin Sparks loves her sports". Interview with Amanda Rykoff, www.espn.com. July 22, 2011.
“I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it as a kind of relational glue.”

Source : "Ethics, Law and Politics". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.
“Mission + tools. Thatâ€™s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isnâ€™t important enough to you.”

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