"without my wounds, who was i? my scars were my face, my past was my life."

-- Janet Fitch

#Past Quotes #Faces Quotes #Scar Quotes

“The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.”

Source : John Gardner (2010). “The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers”, p.14, Vintage
“We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.”
“A mild attack of apoplexy may be called death's retaining fee.”

Source : Menagiana Pt II
“The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest wounds, their desperation and mistrust, and their rawest emotional trigger points. Just as the sun's warmth causes clouds to arise by prompting the earth to release its moisture, so love's pure openness activates the thick clouds of our emotional wounding, the tight places where we are shut down, where we live in fear and resist love.”
“Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.”
“The ideal label for me would be this passive being with lots of money, but unfortunately it doesn't really work like that.”
“I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.”
“It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got $700 a week, I'd say, "Wow, I'm really cooking.”

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