"As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't."

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Source : John Gardner, Stewart O'Nan (1994). “On writers and writing”, Addison-Wesley Longman

John Gardner

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“Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.”
“Who knows why I had to go through what I had to go through to produce the kind of music I produce today, to be one of the greatest Africans playing music, who knows?”

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“I'm looking forward to visiting the Philippines. I heard that there are so many big malls there and so many beaches.”
“Acting on a blue screen is awful.”
“She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.”
“I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.”
“We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.”
“I do believe in a God, yes. But that's as far as I want to discuss. If I get too detailed on some things that are personal like that, it gives people an easier way to alienate themselves from me and that's all they are looking for now.”

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