"Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life."

-- Michael Morpurgo

#Money Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“When the sun shines, you let it shine on you”
“I weave the shoes of Sorrow: Soundless shall be the footfall light In all men's ears of Sorrow, Sudden and light.”
“By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.”
“Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed.”

Source : "Bad Comma" by Louis Menand, www.newyorker.com. June 28, 2004.
“I've never been monogamous. It might happen, but it never has yet. I don't understand women, I'm off that kick.”
“Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.”
“Nothing could stop Mississippi.”
“I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same.”

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