"I enjoy writing plays most. I haven't written a radio play in a while and I don't write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain."

-- Sefi Atta

#Pain Quotes #Writing Quotes #Play Quotes

“London is a city that sleeps too much. This is the mould of its quality. A magnetic contract: to reinvent itself on the other side of dream, each day. And such dreams, smouldering against the tidal spine of the river, telling and retelling the tales that must be told to manifest a city's bones. Whispering the night architecture back into stone.”

Source : Iain Sinclair (2007). “London: City of Disappearances”, Penguin Global
“Good memories are our second chance at happiness.”
“Without meditation, and without a relationship to your mind, you fail to use the power of the mind. You fail to rely on your self. You complicate your approach. You do not use the beautiful designs given to you by birthright in this body, that link the effectiveness of body, mind, soul and you.”
“Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.”
“Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.”
“I love people, and photographing people is something I hope I never get tired of.”
“Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.”
“Every character I do is based on someone I know.”

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