"[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I wanted to write a near future book about AIDS concentration camps. They were vehement in their response: they thought it was a terrible idea. Their words both shocked and saddened me. "Do you really want to write a book about homosexuals?" they asked me. "Won't people who read your work be influenced toward sin?" I notice that I don't hear from them much lately."

-- Tracy Hickman

#Couple Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'”
“I think that the Apocalypse is going to be in this new way of thinking. Somewhere between now and 2020, there has got to be a break though. Not just in science, we've done that, but a breakthrough in the human mind.”

Source : Interview with Mark Stavish, www.servantsofthelight.org. June 10, 1996.
“humor bears the closest relation to emotion, either bubbling up as from a deep and happy wellspring, or in an opposite fashion rising like a re-birth of feeling from dead levels after turmoil.”
“Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow me with Your loving kindness, and let this divine Mystery bear fruit in me.”
“Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.”
“Cockfighting has always been my idea of a great sport -- two armed entrÃ©es battling to see who'll be dinner.”
“And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.”

Source : John Betjeman (1970). “John Betjeman's collected poems”, John Murray Publishers
“Industrial food makers don't want you thinking about where your food comes from and what's in it.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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