"While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story."

-- Ann Beattie

#Humorous Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“What is ***** to one man is the laughter of genius to another.”
“Houses are the abiding joys; they are the most emotion-stirring of all things. An automobile is regarded with fond affection, a typewriter becomes the inseparable companion, clothes can stir sentimentality, and the bit of bric-a-brac is a toy one would weep to see torn away - but houses are real, deep, emotional things. How much excitement in the cutting of a window, what enormous importance in the angle of a roof!”
“At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.”
“Proactively bring passion to everything you touch, to everything you do. No matter what task is in front of you, bring as much enthusiasm and energy to it as you possibly can. Bring your full attention, your full presence, the Godlike quality that each of us has within, to every task in your day.”
“I don't need a reason to kill myself-I need a reason not to.”
“Subsidize... or lend.”
“The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.”
“Everywhere you go, you see women more beautiful than yourself. You imagine him being attracted to them. You're drinking gasoline to stay warm.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.145, Penguin

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