"A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'."

-- Anne Hathaway

#Women Quotes #Feminist Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“Inspiration is cross-pollinating.”
“Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine you knew that anything that would tell you otherwise is just a movement of thought in the mind that says "Whatever is, isn't the way it is supposed to be." So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called "the peace that passes all understanding."”
“I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.”
“Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (1806). “The Works ... Re-edited. - London, G. Kearsley 1806”, p.261
“There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness.”
“What I feel is that the picture-taking process, anyway a greater part of it, is an intuitive thing. You can't go out and logically plan a picture, but when you come back, reason then takes over and verifies or rejects whatever you've done. So that's why I say that reason and intuition are not in conflict-they strengthen each other.”
“Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts.”
“When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.”

Source : "David Morrell & Ken Follett Talk About Writing". Interview with Jessica Strawser, www.writersdigest.com. October 8, 2010.

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