"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft."

-- H. G. Wells

#Passion Quotes #Writing Quotes #Editors Quotes

“We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, theres still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.”
“I began reading Harper Lee's novel in the skimpy shade of a pine outside my grandmother's house, fat beagles pressing against me, begging for attention, ignored. At dark, I kept reading, first on the couch, a bologna sandwich in one hand, then in my bed, by the light of a 60-watt bulb hanging from the ceiling on an orange drop cord. When my mother came in from her job as a maid and unplugged my chandelier, I replayed the story in my head until it was crowded out by dreams. I woke the next morning, smelling biscuits, and reached for the book again.”
“Worry is anti-trust. If you're worried, you don't trust something: your kids, their friends, strangers, the church, even God. Can HeÂ take care of your children? Certainly. Jesus says, 'I tell you, stop being anxious and worried about your life.' Pretty blunt. Stop it! Easier said than done, huh? Worry tests your trust, so hand your children to God and let Him babysit your babies when you're not around. He's pretty good at it!”
“I know a lot of friends and family who were Joe Montana fans, where it didn't matter how well Steve Young did. They weren't going to cheer for him because he wasn't Joe Montana.”
“This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress.”
“Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea...”
“[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger.”
“Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.”

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