"Itâ€™s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word"

-- William H. Gass

#Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Flesh Quotes

“You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.”

Source : "Resignation and postmortem". www.jwz.org. March 31, 1999.
“To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.”
“The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.”
“All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.”
“In terms of protecting ourselves, the main issues are around how do we protect our borders [from illegal migrants and livestock and plant diseases], how do we protect our fisheries?”
“I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.”

Source : Cornelia Otis Skinner (1948). “That's Me All Over: All the Favorite Absurdities from Dithers and Jitters, Soap Behind the Ears, and Excuse It, Please! Along with Tiny Garments”
“Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.”

Source : George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.67, Lulu.com
“One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.”

Source : "Other People's Secrets" by Joyce Maynard, www.sfgate.com. September 13, 1998.

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