"A lot of times, writers are told write as big as you can, and that's not untrue. But at times I think it's better to write as small as you can, to start scenes with little personal details or people who are doing average every day human things. That, to me, lets the average reader into that person's life. "Yeah I eat breakfast. I take a shower.""

-- Don Winslow

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Average Quotes

“I thought Erica Jongs Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that Ive ever read in my life.”
“My life failed on the very day I was born.”
“A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications in the form of minor witnesses, the protagonist finally appears and contradictions arise to produce drama, and finally as both jury and spectators grow weary and confused the pace quickens, reaching its climax in passionate final argument.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.”

Source : Elinor Ostrom (2015). “Governing the Commons”, p.24, Cambridge University Press
“If you'd see my schedule, you'd know I have no time to slow down.”
“We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.”
“Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.”
“The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.”

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