"I am at my happiest when I'm problem solving and a large part of writing is for me a lovely labor in problem solving. Every act of discovery in writing involves a process of figuring out why I'm not seeing what I need to see. Niggling feelings, discomforts, a sense that you've forgotten or overlooked something, a sudden curiosity about what if here? - these are priceless. They are the bases of problems and lead the way."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Writing Quotes #Feelings Quotes #What If Quotes

“You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.”
“What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.”

Source : All Trivia (1933) "Afterthoughts" pt. 5
“Success in life comes to those who simply refuse to give up; individuals with vision so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as teachings”
“Memory at last has what I sought.”
“I just don't want to be self-obsessed.”
“My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.”
“Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]”
“Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.”

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