"The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work."

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Source : "Randy Wayne White: Fishing Guide To Crime Writer". "Morning Edition" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. July 24, 2012.

Randy Wayne White

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“The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers and the resources have been found is a sure recipe for paralysis. The planning of a city is a process that allows for corrections; it is supremely arrogant to believe that planning can be done only after every possible variable has been controlled.”
“That's what makes you a human being---that willingness to sing another one free.”
“I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films.”
“Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters”

Source : Lucia P. Iannone, Francisco Goya (1981). “Goya: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr. Arthur Ross, Yale University Art Gallery, September 16-November 15, 1981”
“Pondering a passage of scripture can be a key to unlock revelation and the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Scriptures can calm an agitated soul, giving peace, hope, and a restoration of confidence in oneâ€™s ability to overcome the challenges of life. They have potent power to heal emotional challenges when there is faith in the Savior. They can accelerate physical healing.”
“Instead of me keeping my art a personal thing, we can use it to save lives, change lives and inspire.”
“Bernard King is the only guy that ever scared the hell out of me.”
“A lean sorrow is hardest to bear.”

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