"Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of the army, I was in fights. There was something about writing that was a way of experimenting with this emotion."

-- Etgar Keret

#Strong Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Never fall out of love with life”
“Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.”

Source : Edward Albee (2009). “Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee”, p.48, Da Capo Press
“An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which is bound to amaze the reader and the scholar. Who was Shakespeare?”
“I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.”
“I do promise that you will survive this. Faith, my own heart is so scattered round the country now, I marvel that it has the strength each day to keep me standing. But it does,' she said, and drawing in a steady breath she pulled back just enough to raise a hand to wipe Sophia's tears. 'It does. And so will yours.' 'How can you be so sure?' 'Because it is a heart, and knows no better.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2016). “The Susanna Kearsley Collection”, p.675, Allison & Busby Ltd
“Playing quarterback ... it's no joke ... The difference here with Johnny Manziel, there's a lot of style and very little substance.”

Source : "Showtime’s ‘Inside The NFL,’ Choice Quotes and Schedule" by April Neale, www.monstersandcritics.com. December 17, 2014.
“I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.”

Source : Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 22, 2003.
“Self-evidently, dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking.”

Source : Mike Hulme (2013). “Exploring Climate Change Through Science and in Society: An Anthology of Mike Hulme's Essays, Interviews and Speeches”, p.88, Routledge

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