"I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the personâ€™s attitude so that they wouldnâ€™t get any closer. I didnâ€™t easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music"

-- Haruki Murakami

#Attitude Quotes #Distance Quotes #Book Quotes

“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”
“If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.”
“I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you -- they make you feel it, live it, taste it, touch it. Storytelling is about being in the moment with the characters.”
“Were I to write what I know, the book would be too sensational to print, but were I to write what I think proper, it would be too dull to read.”
“Itâ€™s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.”
“At first, we lived in very, very small places... with my mom cleaning houses and scrounging up just enough to keep us in town with a working car. She introduced me to my first agent, and I started with stand-in work, then eventually commercials and television guest-shots.”
“Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world?”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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