"The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isnâ€™t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult whoâ€™s reading aloudâ€”itâ€™s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony."

-- Mem Fox

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“If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be.”
“To retire at the top of the game, that's always been my aim.”
“One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.”

Source : "Anton Yelchin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Imogen Poots Interview FRIGHT NIGHT". Press day, collider.com. August 18, 2011.
“Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing than anything, but I was on a high from being a director and enjoying that process so much that going back to being an actor was almost secondary because I really was loving directing.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Going to the trial was very tiring for me, but I did enjoy it better than sitting in a jail cell. That could be very monotonous.”
“I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'”
“I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.”
“Don't you know that every perfect life would mean the end of art?”

Source : "The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic".

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