"The grand canyon which yawns between the writer's concept of what he wants to capture in words and what comes through is a cruel abyss."

-- Fannie Hurst

#Want Quotes #Canyons Quotes #Grand Canyon Quotes

“The hearts of some women tremble like leaves at every breath of love which reaches them, and they are still again. Others, like the ocean, are moved only by the breath of a storm, and not so easily lulled to rest.”
“Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.”

Source : 'Discourses concerning Government' (1698) ch. 2, sect. 18
“Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes ...”
“In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer a dictator, every financier a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at his mercy, and no public responsibility.”
“So much of performing is a mind game.”
“There are two types of people: you have people that like psychological horror and you have those that like everything in their face.”
“There is no more time-wasting process than that of believing people will act, and then finding that they will not.”
“I think it must be hard being David. I get a certain level of attention but - I've seen it in action - he can't move for attention.”

Source : "Piper dreams" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2008.

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