"It’s amazing how quickly something gets written. Now, when it comes, it can be on a bus, or in a store. I’ve stopped in Macy’s and written on a dry-goods counter and then suddenly had a whole piece of writing for myself that was accomplished, where earlier in my life I felt I had to spend a week in a house somewhere in the country in order to get that. Conditions change."

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Source : William Goyen, Reginald Gibbons (2007). “Goyen: Autobiographical Essays, Notebooks, Evocations, Interviews”, p.76, University of Texas Press

William Goyen

#Country Quotes #Writing Quotes #Order Quotes

“In New York people don't go to the theatre - they go to see hits.”
“A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.”
“They're just talking. They're flirting kind of like they're strangers, but at the same time they also seem to know each other really well. I don't get it." "So they're taking it slow. What's wrong with that?" Bill asked. "Kids today, they just want things to go fast-- boom boom BOOM.”
“It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.”
“People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking.”

Source : Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall
“Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.”
“Time is the measure of that which changes ...”
“The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of negativity. The cycle of negativity is stopped by choosing the good -- not just once, but again and again until it is goodness that prevails in your life and in our world altogether.”

Source : John Morton (2000). “The Blessings Already Are”, p.69, Mandeville Press

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