"There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book."

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Source : Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.260, Simon and Schuster

Matt Haig

#Book Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Genre Quotes

“The Ramones were a great bunch of guys. They were very quiet, very shy. They were a little in awe of the filmmaking process, probably because we started at 7 a.m. I do remember the very first day of shooting, I met them and did the scene in the bedroom where Joey sings to me, and they were all scattered around my bedroom in my little fantasy scene. That was the first scene we shot of the movie. That scene is kind of a strange way to start a movie. "Okay, get undressed, and these weird guys in leather jackets and ripped jeans are going to sing to you."”
“This country provides opportunities. If you don't take advantage of them, it's your own fault.”
“Jerry Falwell turned gay bashing into a very successful art form.... the first fundamentalist to exploit the fear and loathing of homosexuals to raise hundreds of millions of dollars and add millions of new donors to his mailing list.”
“I never met an addict who came from a nice home . I've met addicts that came from families that had money and nice houses. But never from a nice home.”
“The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan. Of course there are stories that are still relevant and inspiring; lessons that need to be taught over and over again. And they give people hope.”
“Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.”

Source : "Man on Wire", www.imdb.com. 2008.
“It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.”
“After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person.”

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