"The act of composition is a series of discoveries."

--

E. L. Doctorow

#Writing Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Composition Quotes

“Prejudice is the conjuror of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, over-powering reason, making strong people weak, and weak people weaker. God gave us the large-hearted charity which "beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things," which "thinketh no evil!"”
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 31, 2015
“There aren't many great adverts for marriage or parenthood. It always looks so stressful, and that's what I've been scared of. What you don't realise is how much you're going to get back.”
“I love touring, I love doing the live show and it's just like a musical artist, you just keep coming up with material and as long as you're coming up with the material and as long as audiences like it, you just keep doing it, it's your job.”
“It was a really strange and unique sort of process for me to adapt my own book.”

Source : "ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 30 Minute Q&A with Benjamin Walker, Timur Beckmambetov, Jim Lemley and Screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith". Interview with Andre Dellamorte, collider.com. February 22, 2012.
“Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.”
“I am convinced Pope Francis' Exhortation can help. The effort must be made to read it because an exhortation can only help if you know it. It is valuable to know the work. It is so rich and I can only encourage our pastors and our communities to work on it, study it, read it, and taste the joy of this beautiful document.”

Source : "Cardinal Schonborn on 'Amoris Laetitia': Pope Francis Knows What He Is Talking About". Interview with Deborah Castellano Lubov, zenit.org. April 12, 2016.
“Show me how you dance and I will know where you are from...”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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