"... every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word."

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Source : Adam Langer (2013). “The Salinger Contract: A Novel”, p.36, Open Road Media

Adam Langer

#Wall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Best Work Quotes

“The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.”
“But alas for the dreams that round us play! / For the plans of mortal making! / And alas for the false and fickle day / That looked so fair at waking!”

Source : Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”
“After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors.”
“I want to give some positive messages and to empower some people.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love.”
“In the democratic way of life it is not the best things in life are free, but rather the best things in life are worth working for!”
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”
“Yet now we are faced with the sickening suspicion that technology has run ahead of us.”

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