"I have spent a good many years sinceâ€•too many, I thinkâ€•being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all."

-- Stephen King

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“My little notebooks were beginnings - they were the ground into which I dropped the seed... I would work in this way when I was out in the crowds, then put the stuff together at home.”
“What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be difficult. It should be difficult for millionaires, too.”

Source : Shana Alexander (1970). “The feminine eye”, McCall Pub. Co
“Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.”
“We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.”
“Your heart-as you call it-and hers are alike, after all: they are like mine, like everyone's. They resemble nothing so much as those meters you will find on gas-pipes: they only perk up and start pumping when you drop coins in.”

Source : Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.140, Penguin
“I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Raven-Symoné Gets Into the Sister Act". Interview with Iris Wiener, www.theatermania.com. Aprшд 9, 2012.
“I crack jokes and play games and that's really more my nature than being cold.”
“Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.”

Source : Charles Mackay (1859). “Ballads and Lyrics”

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