"I guess Im attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And its why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher."

-- Conor McPherson

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Scare Quotes

“It's about the climate-change "denial industry", ...we should have war crimes trials for these bastards - some sort of climate Nuremberg.”
“All these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense.”
“Sales is the parent of marketing.”
“As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race.”
“I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.”
“Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear.”
“In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.”
“I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”

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