"When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else."

-- Roddy Doyle

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Pages Quotes

“I am much obliged by the favorable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can be of service in carrying into execution your plans.”
“But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.”
“No matter what, I will always choose practical FX over digital ones. Blood spray pumps and squibs go a long way in convincing the audience that the carnage on screen happens right there, in a manner that digital have not achieved.”
“English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it”
“Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.”
“There's a Viper in Mizville!”
“Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.”

Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1988). “Life on Earth: Stories”, Simon & Schuster
“The thing that I look for in a script- I'm not looking for anything next because you never know where life's going to take you so you can't just expect I want to do this next. So I'm not expecting anything, I'm just hoping.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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