"If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story."

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Caroline B. Cooney

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Details Quotes

“The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.”

Source : Satyajit Ray (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”
“God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.”
“My favourite song is Someone To Love. That is more like me than the other stuff, as it was the only one I was actually able to create from the bottom up. I call it an homage, not a remake. It is an homage to Freddie Mercury, because I don't think people can really remake Freddie Mercury. That's why we did a gospel version.”
“Toddlers ask many questions, and so do school children - until about grade three. By that time, many of them have learned an unfortunate fact, that in school, it can be more important for self-protection to hide one's ignorance about a subject than to learn more about it, regardless of one's curiosity.”

Source : Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.115, New Society Publishers
“I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?”
“I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.”
“Put faith in one who's had experience.”
“I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.”

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