"Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy."

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Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult

Wilfrid Sheed

#Writing Quotes #Strategy Quotes #Candor Quotes

“Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.”
“We could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each other's bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you." "Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky. "Yes," he said.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.941, Penguin
“Ten Little Indians once again shows [Alexie] to be not just one of the West’s best, but one of the most brilliantly literate American writers, even funnier than Louise Erdrich, even more primal than Jim Harrison, and even more eloquent than Annie Proulx.”
“Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before”
“I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain day to spend time with your family and loved ones, absent of TV, phone, and other interruptions.”
“Till I see money spent on the betterment of man instead of on his idleness and destruction, I shall not believe in any perfect form of government ...”
“If you come upon a person who is drowning, would you ask if they need help—or would it be better to just jump in and save them from the deepening waters? The offer, while well meaning and often given, ‘Let me know if I can help’ is really no help at all.”
“I read every draft of every episode of every series produced at FX.”

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