"PhD, MFA, self-taughtâ€”the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success."

-- Alexander Chee

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.”
“Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I think we're all kind of alike when you do your first film. You have great hopes, but you don't hope too much.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.”

Source : Interview with Gordon Brown, The Sun, December 11, 2009.
“You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of town, there's always something going on. It helps to know people there, too, because everything changes so fast, and they will be able to point out what's hot this month.”

Source : "I lost my heart in ... New York". Interview With Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2003.
“If it were up to me, it'd be outlawed. I mean, come on. Zach Braff was born streamlined, and that's how it should stay!”
“Each of us has a day .. when he has to accept, finally, the fact that he is a man.”
“A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared.”

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