"Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

A.L. Kennedy

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Black Quotes

“India - a land where the last thing one needs to bother with is looking good. In India - at least in the circles I moved in - it's natural to look beautiful by the smile in your heart and the way you move through the world.”
“Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.”
“Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.”
“It would be nice to really shed the corsets.”
“I actually got reprimanded by Stevie Nicks, who was like, 'You're sharing too much! You need to leave an air of mystery.”
“Gratitude is the richest, most joyful feeling humans are privileged to experience.”
“I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice”
“I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on.”

Source : "Cass McCombs’ Good Humor". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 7, 2011.

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