"Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first."

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Source : Stef Penney (2008). “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel”, p.385, Simon and Schuster

Stef Penney

#Writing Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.”
“With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasyâ€”something a lot of people didnâ€™t notice and maybe still donâ€™t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the clichÃ© archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.”
“The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.”
“I have no plans, and no plans to plan.”

Source : The New York Times, September 14, 1986.
“American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.”

Source : Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
“I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.”
“Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.”
“I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music Man' if there hadn't been a film where he played the part. I just heard how great he was on Broadway way before my time.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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