"I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it to the work of a stone cutter - chipping away at the raw material until it's just right, or as right as you can get it."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Harriet Doerr

#Writing Quotes #Raw Materials Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
“I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”
“The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.”
“The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.”
“My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.”
“We're all trapped. It's always 1734. All of us, we're stuck in the same time capsule, the same as those television shows where the same people are marooned on the same desert island for thirty seasons and never age or escape. They just wear more makeup. In a creepy way, those shows are maybe too authentic.”
“No man can Become Rich without enriching others.”
“I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.”

Source : "You have to laugh" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2004.

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