"I don't think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people think they will master writing overnight, or that they are as good as they will ever be."

-- Tananarive Due

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“You know, when I was 14, a kid from our community said to me: â€˜Everyoneâ€™s talking about you, Caleb. They say youâ€™re the chosen one.â€™ That quote always made me so nervous, that I seriously started to think about my future. I changed a lot during that time.”
“Some guys lose their focus. They get caught up in the business deals or the endorsements, and they lose their focus. For me, it's always about football. I've never lost sight of what's making all these other things happen.”
“The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.”
“Sometimes, after you have taken part in a seven, one or two-day retreat, you could feel that your level of practice had risen. That was because we had given our undivided attention to breaking through our level of practice. We knew that was the sole purpose of coming to a retreat here, so our levels were uplifted and our karma left behind.”
“With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.”
“If one really thinks about the body as such, there is no possible outline of the body as such.”
“We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed.”

Source : Selma James (1983). “The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys”, Falling Wall Pr
“You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.”

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