"... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood."

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Source : Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

Betsy Lerner

#Writing Quotes #Doe Quotes #World Quotes

“If you give a cracker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is carve his initials in it. Fortunately, most crackers get over that once they're through puberty.”
“The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.”
“My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.”
“If I'm ever stuck on a respirator or a life support system, I definitely want to be unplugged -- but not until I'm down to a size eight.”
“I'm coming back in... and it's the saddest moment of my life.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ed White". "From the Earth to the Moon", www.imdb.com. 1998.
“Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it," and I was like, "Yes!" He's always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could probably do it, so I jumped at it. So, even though I'm busy with other stuff, I'm excited to be writing this.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was.”
“The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.”

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