"I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images."

-- Bill Viola

#Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The beauty of inspiration for me is that you can't predict when it's coming. I like that it just pops up out of nowhere. You just have to be open to its arrival.”
“Don't think shoot. Soon as you start thinking you miss.”
“My prayers seem to be more of an attitude than anything else. I indulge in very little lip service, but ask the Great Creator silently, daily, and often many times a day, to permit me to speak to Him through the three great Kingdoms of the world which He has created - the animal, mineral, and vegetable Kingdoms - to understand their relations to each other, and our relations to them and to the Great God who made all of us. I ask Him daily and often momently to give me wisdom, understanding, and bodily strength to do His will; hence I am asking and receiving all the time.”
“The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.”
“Instruments of a trade are really fascinating to me. Things that enable you to do your job better. Rehabbing houses is really fun to me. I love taking a space and seeing the potential, gutting it, and putting it back together and I love the tools used to do that.”

Source : Source: sojo.net
“A true woman always loves a real soldier.”

Source : Belle Boyd (1998). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.77, LSU Press
“There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.”
“There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the way the Titanic was designed, the emphasis was placed on surviving a head-on collision.”

Source : "‘Unsinkable’ Boats Possible? Titanic Scholar Talks Design". Scientific American Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2012.

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