"I have also led you astray by talking of technique as if it were something that could be separated from the rest of the story. Technique can't operate at all, of course, except on believable material."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Writing Quotes #Talking Quotes #Technique Quotes

“I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.”
“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2010). “Revolution”, p.199, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“A Jew never laughs without looking at his wife for approval.”
“Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky every three months, if my numbers are right, I get to live. If not, I'm killed. Our relationship isn't about love-it's about arithmetic. Survival means hitting your numbers. I've met or exceeded mine in 56 straight quarters. The reason is: I treat Rupert's money like it is mine.”

Source : "Roger Ailes calls Obama 'lazy' in new biography as book war gets under way" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2013.
“I do not like to "interest" the public with myself.”
“One can shape history as much through the facts one omits as through the facts one includes.”
“I'd love to have been born into a wealthy family. I might have turned out even more marvellous than I am now...”
“Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God.”

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