"Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose the latter. It's only if I have an idea for two books that I choose one rather than the other. I Âalways have to feel that I'm bunking off from something."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Geoff Dyer, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Geoff Dyer

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Does the cosmos contain keys for opening my diving bell? A subway line with no terminus? A currency strong enough to buy my freedom back? We must keep looking.”
“What you see in other people is a reflection of yourself. A person of goodness sees goodness in others and a person of evil sees evil in others.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Jun 07, 2012
“Assassin?...that sounds so exotic...i was just a murderer”
“Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.”
“All art is propaganda.”
“Every war is a war against children.”
“I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books”
“Management must provide employees with tools that will enable them to do their jobs better, and with encouragement to use these tools. In particular, they must collect data.”

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