"There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In my case, it felt really nice that a certain type of readership read the book and liked it, even though my readership is not as wide as certain popular books."

-- Sarnath Banerjee

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“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.”

Source : George Chapman (1874). “The Works of George Chapman: Plays”, p.452
“When you assess your own life, consider it with the eye of a gardener. Underneath the surface lies rich, fertile soil waiting to nurture the seeds you sow. Even more than you can imagine will grow there if given a chance.”
“My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'”
“Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.”

Source : Richard Dawkins (2008). “The God Delusion”, p.300, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may be very unequal.”
“My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math.”

Source : "Charlie Sheen Sets His Sights on Sox". Boston Dirt Dogs interview, bostondirtdogs.boston.com. March 8, 2011.
“There are certain filmmakers I'd like to work with that I don't think would take a risk with me, because I could be distracting in their film. It'll take a couple films to prove to them that it's worth the risk.”
“I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I'm a movie lover in general.”

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