"Something in the movement of fingers on the keyboard enhances thought. Fingers pull your thoughts forward. Fingers are in some way an extension of your brain, with a lot of cortex associations at their trigger. Get them going!"

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Source : Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.6, Writer's Digest Books

Josip Novakovich

#Brain Quotes #Movement Quotes #Association Quotes

“Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potterâ€™s oven?”
“He just got his body between himself and the goal.”
“You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first.”
“The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.”
“As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.”
“I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.”
“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again." I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly. Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”
“The more awesome you are, the more emotion you create, the more viral it is.”

Source : "The Virologist" by Andrew Marantz, www.newyorker.com. January 5, 2015.

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