"I was not a writer to begin with; I was a listener."

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Source : Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Erskine Caldwell

“Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style.”
“Climate definitely interests the climate crowd at some science magazines, talks or blogs. Some blogs are amazing. They will post one comment about one graph of temperature records from tree rings and get over a thousand comments. Which is boredom so purified and crystalized it's in an unadulterated form that could make even a robot want to commit suicide.”
“I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.”
“Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.”

Source : "Naked Truth and Veiled Allusions" by Minna Antrim, (p. 1061), 1901.
“A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.”
“I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.”
“The one certainty in tiger tracks is: follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at you first.”
“I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.”

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