"I remember being out here at the Sunset Marquis, and whoever knocked on the door, I would take that picture that I was writing and I would put that in the typewriter, so when I had the meeting, they would say: 'Oh, you're working on it right now?'"

-- John Sayles

#Writing Quotes #Sunset Quotes #Typewriters Quotes

“Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.”

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“I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.”

Source : J. P. Donleavy (2010). “The Ginger Man”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Think beyond the vase! If you have a vase of flowers on a dining table for a quick dinner party, think about scattering flower petals, leaves, or even fruit along the tabletop.”

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“I was only seven but I remember thinking that everything in the world was standing still.”
“Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.”
“All history must be mobilized if one would understand the present.”
“The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.”
“Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.”

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