"People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become."

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Source : Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. February 15, 2012.

Dan Chaon

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Choices Quotes

“You must market your marketing.”
“Today couture has to be expensive, but it shouldnâ€™t look expensive.”
“He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. (267)”
“It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at so much per minute wouldn't have needed any treatment at all if they had had the right care as children.”
“There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance.”
“Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood,”
“Quite low down in the list is "How much am I going to be paid?"... my main feeling about money is that I don`t want to feel as though I`m being taken advantage of... The other actors they asked to play Gandalf wouldn`t go to New Zealand on that money for that length of time. I thought it would be a bit of an adventure... I`m an eccentric actor, and there`s a lot of us around.”

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