"Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay."

-- Elmore Leonard

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Please Quotes

“I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.”
“The Nazis were well dressed. Today's racists are a rag-tag bunch with no sense of style or panache.”
“Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren't given enough.”
“I think the key difference between the web and print medium is, on the web or any digital medium, you're dealing with this added element of behavior.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.
“The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century. Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee, the cry is always the same: 'We want to be free.'”
“In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.”
“You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, "Well, I think maybe I could add this here, add that there." But I find that I write just as well for the other characters as I do for myself. I think.”
“Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”

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