"I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam."

-- Richard Price

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Needs Quotes

“There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U.S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might be summed up as, "Ask not that the world serve you, but ask what you can do to serve the world."”
“Nothing Matters Really.”
“Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.”
“I'm thankful that we live in a crassly commercial, polarized culture, so media jackals like me have a lot of work to do.”
“I didn't want to get married. What I knew of most men was something I didn't want any part of. I just wanted to work on my career.”
“Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult.”
“Your life is a work of art that you will work on the rest of your life.”
“I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.”

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