"A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines."

-- James Scott Bell

#Teacher Quotes #Couple Quotes #Book Quotes

“I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course I have friends whose books are doing way better than mine.”
“When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master's program and studied American literature.”
“Hezbollah has never been a terrorist organisation!”
“I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.”
“We don't always get what we deserve," she replied, patting James over his heart. "Sometimes we get more; sometimes we get less. At least we get something.”

Source : Kate Jacobs (2008). “The Friday Night Knitting Club”, p.329, Penguin
“Jesus paid a high price for your peace. Don't give it away.”
“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing”
“Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.”

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