"Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes."

-- Chad Harbach

#Different Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Process Quotes

“If physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially mystical, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500 years ago. ... This time, however, it is not only based on intuition, but also on experiments of great precision and sophistication, and on a rigorous and consistent mathematical formalism.”
“Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our society has failed.”

Source : Julia Hill (2010). “Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods”, p.43, Harper Collins
“If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.”
“To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.”

Source : Spalding Gray (2011). “The Journals of Spalding Gray”, p.64, Vintage
“Love is not about the Dimples on the Cheeks but it is about the Heart that Beats”
“The life of the nation is shot through with a certain falseness and hypocrisy, which are all the more tragic because they are so often subconscious rather than deliberate ... The soul of the people is putrescent, and until that becomes regenerate and clean, no good work can be done.”
“I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.”

Source : "Miranda Cosgrove Interviews Drake Bell for Teen!". Interview with Mirando Cosgrove, www.seventeen.com. December 09, 2008.
“Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer”

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