"That didnâ€™t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them."

-- John Green

“It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.”
“You become an artist to upset your family.”

Source : "Nach uns die Malflut! Theoretische Poesien". Book by Gunter Brus (p. 135), 2003.
“It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn't time for bad writing in a short story.”
“Many of the tribal reservations today remain mired in poverty and alcoholism because many native [sic] Americans continue to cling to the darkness of indigenous superstition instead of coming into the light of Christianity and assimilating into Christian culture.”
“I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will be infectious. I believe there is room for the absence of cynicism.”
“YouTube is becoming much more than an entertainment destination.”
“The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.”

Source : Attributed to Margaret Mead in Anita E. Woolfolk "Educational Psychology" (p. 212), 1980.
“I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.”

Source : "Mandy Patinkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2012.

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