"By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets."

-- Richard Russo

#Writing Quotes #America Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“I think love is like a learning process throughout your life. You learn how to be better at it and you learn more about it.”

Source : Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“You can go on like this for a very long time, and no one will notice. You keep thinking you're going to hit some sort of bottom, but I'm here to tell you: There is no bottom.”

Source : Dan Chaon (2009). “Among the Missing”, p.16, Ballantine Books
“Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead.”

Source : Song: Life's for the Living
“Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.”
“What is better than to love and live with the loved? -- But that must sometimes bring us to live with the dead; and this too turns at last into a very tranquil and sweet tie, safe from change and injury.”
“We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.”
“It was fantastic returning to Being Human. When I got cast in the role, at first I just thought it was for one episode, and the fans were really great about it, and it was really nice having that reaction.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.”

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