"Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life."

-- James Norman Hall

#Writing Quotes #Productive Quotes

“It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word â€˜she.”
“When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.”

Source : Source: motherboard.vice.com
“In flight...entire days can be wound back or skipped over...as we exist merely in a world of vapor. Adventures are both beginning and coming to a close up here as people from opposite ends of experience paradoxically move in one direction.”
“It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.”

Source : "Kitty Carlisle Hart" by Michael Freedland, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2007.
“I broke down. I hid under the bed because I was afraid that somebody was going to come for me. I donâ€™t know who that someone was but I was just so scared. Not a single person at any level of government took any note of me. No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.52, Del Rey
“I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.”
“I had a very well-respected writer ask me point blank to my face whether it actually mattered to me. Now, without wanting to reach out and just strangle him or send a few F-bombs his way, I just bit my tongue, told him he offended me and walked away.”

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