"I'm afraid my closely guarded solitude causes some hurt feelings now and then. But how to explain, without wounding someone, that you want to be wholly in the world you are writing about, that it would take two days to get the visitor's voice out of the house so that you could listen to your own characters again?"

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Source : Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.331, Pickle Partners Publishing

Margaret Bourke-White

#Photography Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.”
“The only value of ideology is to stop things becoming showbiz.”
“The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.”
“Nourishment means a quality of life; consistency in the way we treat ourselves.”
“As for us, we were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the sacredness of human life.”
“I think the Web is, you know, things like YouTube and stuff are absolutely where a lot of younger people are watching their TV on iTunes in the Web and YouTube, whatever. So, I think it's an important place to have a presence.”
“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”
“You can't argue with what is.... Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”

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