"History is an accumulation of error."

-- Norman Cousins

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“The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.”
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: â€œThis is where the novel should actually start.â€ A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)" by Hilary Mantel, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.”
“Before creation, God did just pure mathematics. Then He thought it would be a pleasant change to do some applied.”
“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

Source : "Mahaffy". P. 79. Book by W. B. Stanford and R. B. McDowell, 1971.
“Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.”
“Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.”
“The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.”

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