"Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle."

-- Joan Lowery Nixon

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes #Snares Quotes

“Those who say "it's not personal, it's just business" are lying. All business is personal, and the best business is very personal.”
“Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that.”
“When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home”
“Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about-quite apart from what I would like it to be about-or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentionsâ€¦..Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. I must listen for the truths and values at the heart of my own identity, not the standards by which I must live-but the standards by which I cannot help but live if I am living my own life.”

Source : Parker J. Palmer (2015). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.13, John Wiley & Sons
“Tut, tut. We can't let mere sentiment intrude. This is Science.”
“Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.”
“Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.”

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