"Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes."

-- Karl Kraus

#Writing Quotes #Skills Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.”
“He was a little boy, and she was grown up. She huddled by the fire not daring to move, helpless and guilty, a big woman.”
“Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived.”
“O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.”
“You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you know. We're two overweight lovable guys that kids really enjoy.”
“It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this country but also the history of this country, the images that this country is fabricating through Hollywood, and what consequence that has in our imagination.”
“We must ride this strange torpedo out until the end.”
“Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.”

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