"The most important rule: Do not, I repeat, do not censor yourself in any way. Leave your editorial mind out of the loop. Just let the ideas come pouring out in any way, shape, or form they want to. Do not judge anything."

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Source : James Scott Bell (2004). “Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure”, p.44, Writer's Digest Books

James Scott Bell

#Ideas Quotes #Judging Quotes #Mind Quotes

“One man's fantasy is another man's job.”
“I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions.”

Source : "Trumbull's vision". Interview with Jeff Greenwald, www.wired.com. January 1, 1997.
“A wise man can be a fool in love.”
“The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students.”
“The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.”

Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”
“I was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got tenure early on. I really didn't deserve this; I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
“God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.”
“Back in 1960, the paper dollar and the silver dollar both were the same value. They circulated next to each other. Today? The paper dollar has lost 95% of its value, while the silver dollar is worth $34, and produced a 2-3 times rise in real value. Since we left the gold standard in 1971, both gold and silver have become superior inflation hedges.”

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