"Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works."

-- Kate Morton

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“The love-lorn nightingale nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.”
“By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.”
“Magic is something that seems like it goes against how the world works and its us magicians job to be doing that.”
“If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!”
“If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.”
“They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.”
“It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.”

Source : "Günter Grass in quotes: 12 of the best", www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2015.
“Stress is a form of suffering. Look at your body and see what stress does to the body and its functions - what it does to the heart, the circulation, the immune system, the digestive function, the liver.”

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