"During the act of writing I have told myself something that I didn't know I knew."

-- Gail Godwin

#Writing Quotes

“The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom”
“Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems.”
“What I like about the 'Underworld' thing is that it's a mix of cool genres, as well as creating its own message.”

Source : "Theo James Talks BEDLAM and UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 30, 2011.
“Marketing is designed to bring people into something.”
“We don't care if these girls want to eat their men. That's the Piranha Man's problem. We just want the avocados.”

Source : "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death". www.imdb.com. 1989.
“There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”
“People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.”
“Id love to have another film to go on to. Im in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally Ill write one myself if I can summon up the energy.”

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