"If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you."

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Source : Interview with Sarah Kinson, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2007.

Alan Garner

#Writing Quotes

“No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.”

Source : William Godwin, Kay Codell Carter (1971). “Enquiry concerning political justice: with selections from Godwin's other writings”, Clarendon Press
“Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.”
“I don't like hearing that I've lost weight. I like hearing that it looks like I have gained weight?!”

Source : Source: www.allkpop.com
“What I believe is that we have this extraordinary spirit inside ourselves, which for me is our Buddha nature. I believe we are in the process of opening and getting closer and closer to our Buddha nature and stripping away all that is covering it. I don't think I'm going to end up meeting this one being up there or out there.”
“I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.”
“Even success needs its consolations.”
“Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.”
“You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.”

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