"Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do."

-- Jennifer Weiner

#Long Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Singers Quotes

“As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity.”

Source : "Hagakure". Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.”
“You cannot have your news instantly and have it done well. You cannot have your news reduced to 140 characters or less without losing large parts of it. You cannot manipulate the news but not expect it to be manipulated against you. You cannot have your news for free; you can only obscure the costs. If as a culture we can learn this lesson, and if we can learn to love the hard work, we will save ourselves much trouble and collateral damage. We must remember: There is no easy way.”

Source : Ryan Holiday (2012). “Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator”, p.201, Penguin
“You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.”
“Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.”

Source : Nathanael West (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust”, p.15, New Directions Publishing
“Keeping a journal is like taking good care of oneâ€™s heart.”

Source : Ted Kooser (2014). “The Wheeling Year: A Poet's Field Book”, p.7, U of Nebraska Press
“What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other person is good and where the person is less good. Writers are like that but don't admit it.”
“I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.”

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