"I'm not a great writer. I'm a great rewriter."

-- Paddy Chayefsky

#Writing Quotes #Great Writers Quotes

“I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.”
“Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.”
“I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.”
“It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many writers for children say they do not write specifically with a child audience in mind ... This isn't true for me. I am very aware of my audience. Sometimes I can almost see them out there reacting as I write. Sometimes I think, 'Oh, you're going to like this part.”
“The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.”
“Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.”

Source : Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.87, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“The need here is professional closeness tempered by emotional distance.”
“It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.”

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