"I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books"

-- Julian Clary

#Country Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.”

Source : Geraldine Brooks (2008). “People of the Book: A Novel”, p.31, Penguin
“My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle”
“To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.”
“They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.”
“As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing.”
“The term anarchism has become associated with two phenomena with which real anarchist don't want to associate themselves with. One is violence, and the other is disorder or chaos. The popular conception of anarchism is on the one hand bomb-throwing and terrorism, and on the other hand no rules, no regulations, no discipline, everybody does what they want, confusion, etc. That is why there is a reluctance to use the term anarchism.”
“We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.”
“I like commas. I detest semi-colons â€” I donâ€™t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didnâ€™t need them, they were fly-specks on the page.”

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