"My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write."

-- Mary Garden

#Writing Quotes #Hopeless Quotes #Critics Quotes

“You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!”
“Art like life is an open secret.”
“God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.”
“The United States was the one nullifying any attempt in the Security Council of the United Nations to sanction those fascist governments, really segregationist and racist. The same thing it is doing for Israel is what it used to do for South Africa who ended up having seven nuclear weapons. Why didn't they act against them like they did against Iraq for the so called weapons of mass destruction during Bush that never existed in the first place?”
“The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.”

Source : Harvey Cushing (1940). “Consecratio Medici: And Other Papers”
“Once I was lost in a forest. I was so afraid. My blood pounded in my chest and I knew my heart's strength would soon be exhausted. I saved myself without thinking. I grasped the two syllables closest to me, and replaced my heartbeat with your name.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.115, A&C Black
“Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of a readiness within us and a collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives.”
“There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.”

Source : "Director Henry Selick Comic-Con Interview – Talks CORALINE and Next Project". Collider Interview, collider.com. July 25, 2009.

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