"In the big picture I write for an audience of people I've never met. By the final draft I'm looking for anything in the prose that's prospectively boring to strangers."

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Source : "So Much For That". Interview with Bret Anthony Johnston, www.nationalbook.org. 2010.

Lionel Shriver

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Finals Quotes

“Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?”
“There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.”

Source : "Bird flu: how two mutant strains led to an international controversy" by Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2012.
“It is better to forget about yourself altogether.”
“I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time...”
“No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart.”

Source : Nancy Thayer (2014). “Morning”, p.47, Ballantine Books
“Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.”
“It was a dream start, a perfect start for us. We had to start qualification away from home in Portugal, the group favourites - and I still think they are the group favourites. It was a historic result to win against a big team in Europe, so I am very happy for my country and for my people. They were all looking to the national team. This victory is for them and we will try to do the best that we can until the end of qualification.”
“She is overtaken by a sensation of unbeing. There is no other word for it.”

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