"Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bushâ€™s dog getting a book deal."

-- Timothy Egan

#Dog Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.”
“I get out, I get out of all your boxes.”
“The whole idea of re-releasing old movies does bother me a little bit. If they're going to re-release an old movie, I should be able to get in with my old ticket.”
“A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!”
“I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.”
“Bollywood directors are like cricketers where in one match you score a century, and in the next match, you are out for a duck! Moreover, very few directors are consistent in Bollywood.”
“While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.”

Source : "It's an intimate love story between two men. Try selling that to Warner Bros". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2000.
“As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.”

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