"It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised."

-- David Leavitt

#Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Common Quotes

“Almost every day I wrap up my two-hour live broadcast and I say to myself as I'm driving home, 'I wish I would've done this' or 'We really should have gone live longer with this segment.”
“My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It's a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.”
“The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius.”
“ladies are just those of us who have been silenced.”
“I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to talk radio. It goes back to one event. The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules,”
“Islands are gregarious animals, they decorate the ocean in conveys.”
“Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.”
“People eat meat and think they will become as strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass.”

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