"I think it's what fiction is for: to illuminate that gap between our secret selves and our more visible and apparent ones."

-- Matthew Specktor

#Thinking Quotes #Secret Quotes

“I wanted to get out of our thimble of a town, where every stone had eyes.”
“Gammy used to say, 'Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things.'”

Source : BETTY MACDONALD (1945). “THE EGG AND I”
“While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art must exist for you in a place beyond the judgment of others.”
“I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.”
“Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 8, 2002.
“hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot”

Source : Lee Child (2008). “Without Fail: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.20, Penguin
“All my friends I've known since I was really little.”
“I'm mentally getting myself ready to talk about it all year long because I know it's going to come. My main focus is not to really concentrate on that... So many things have to line up, to be healthy and consistent for so many games, to get to that point. I know as we get closer we're going to talk about it more. But believe me, when it's done, if it gets done, it will be a huge achievement and I'm definitely going to soak it in. But at this time, it's not at the top of my mind.”

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