"But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru? Why are we supposed to be psychiatrists? Isn't it enough to write and tell the truth? It's not like telling the truth is common. Writers are the earthworms of society. We aerate the soil. That's enough."

-- Erica Jong

#Writing Quotes #Soil Quotes #Common Quotes

“Even if I know that really it's not a great song, even if it's a naff song but I have a good memory of it, then to me that's a great song.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“A knowledge of the true age of the Earth and of the fossil record makes it impossible for any balanced intellect to believe in the literal truth of every part of the Bible in the way that fundamentalists do.”
“I had the assassins of the former president of Egypt, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was with me in prison, the leaders of my own former group Hizb ut-Tahrir were with me in prison and so by the time I was released at the age of 28, I wasn't the man who went in at 24.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off.”
“Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.”
“I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.”
“I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“the first time you are reconciled to the terrible unfairness of disappointment, you are getting old.”

Source : Mary Lee Settle (1954). “The Love Eaters”

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