"If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!"

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Jackie Collins

#Writing Quotes #Procrastination Quotes #Talking Quotes

“You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.”
“I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.”
“The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.”
“George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forwar, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, 'My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence.”
“The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age.”
“My Brain is the key that sets me free.”
“We often forget that we are nature...”
“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”

Source : Zedong Mao (2007). “On Practice and Contradiction”, Verso Books

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