"For it is characteristic of true simplicity that there may radiate from its utmost directness a good many glinting things."

-- Christopher Ricks

#Simplicity Quotes #Good Man Quotes #May Quotes

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
“It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.”
“If love could be purchased, everybody would have paid a thousand dollars a pound for it. You know it doesn't work that way.”
“They know how to play well but they do not know how to go through a whole tournament. We have been there and done it. They haven't.”
“I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.”
“I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.”
“The only people who think writing is easy are people who don't write. Writing's a difficult, courageous act. Bravery is required, as well as a great deal of slogging along. A lot of our work is work.”

Source : Gillian Roberts (2014). “You Can Write a Mystery”, p.2, Untreed Reads
“I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.”

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