"Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what you know, and write from your heart.' I hate that because it's useless. I've written over 300 books - not one was written from my heart. Not one. They were all written for an audience, they were all written to entertain a certain audience."

-- R. L. Stine

#Hate Quotes #Book Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.”
“Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.”
“Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs”

Source : Jerome Stern (2011). “Making Shapely Fiction”, p.14, W. W. Norton & Company
“Fred Astaireâ€™s got nothing on me.”
“Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.”

Source : 'Mr Facey Romford's Hounds' (1865) ch. 32.
“Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to modify their children, enhance their intelligence, their strength and their beauty and all the other so-called desirable characteristics.”
“It's not just being overweight that's dangerous. Stress is dangerous.”
“"Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months. And the Oscar nomination, the film's producer says Colombians are comparing it to having the national team in the World Cup.”

Source : "'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Tom Cole, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.

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