"The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to write a book, the publisher and the readers can and will come later."

-- Patricia Highsmith

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.”
“I think if you watch a lot of what I do, you're going to ultimately walk away seeing me. I can't hide - that impression is a personal impression people have of me.”
“That question is too good to spoil with an answer.”

Source : Harry Mulisch, Paul Vincent (1997). “The Discovery of Heaven”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“In terms of the spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and itâ€™s time for a mutiny.”
“...one can hardly deny that mankind has a common store of thoughts which is transmitted from one generation to another.”

Source : Gottlob Frege (1952). “Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege”
“Not to dream more boldly may turn out to be, in view of present realities, simply irresponsible.”
“Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.”
“Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.”

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