Quotes
Authors
Mary J. Miller
"I can't remember who said it - I think it was Allan Gurganus when he was visiting the Michener Center - but he told us to "spend [our] gold," meaning, put everything you have into a story. Other "gold" will be waiting for you for your next project." --
Mary J. Miller
#Thinking Quotes
#Waiting Quotes
#Gold Quotes
“Tonight, the new Viper, which is the American equivalent of a sportscar in the same way, I guess, that George Bush is the equivalent of a President.”
“Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.”
“He rarely smoked, but once in a while, like now, when his world had been shaken, his woman nearly killed in front of his eyes, and he’d watched a house consume a man and spit him out, he figured a drag or two were appropriate.”
“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”
“I don't hate homosexuals. I love homosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality I hate.”
“They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true.”
“The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.”
“All is fair in love and songwriting.”