"The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word."

-- Harold Pinter

#Rooms Quotes #Stood Up Quotes

“Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you. And Stay.”
“I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die”
“I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.
“When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don't waste time looking back.”
“Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.”
“My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.”
“If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.”
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Feb 01, 2017

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