"Another boat, a straight-four, four sweep oarsmen without a coxswain, raced through our flotilla. I looked at them as they jetted past, and I quickly looked again. This boat appeared to be manned by four skeletons. Their cheek bones stood out like knots, their ribs were clearly defined as if they were painted on. Every leg and arm muscle showed as taut as steel cabling. Four pairs of deep-set eyes peered at us, conveying 'the look.' The four men who were rowing that shell were a special breed of oarsmen known as 'lightweights'..."

“We each have a story to tell, I know; so let each one take his turn.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.17, Heart of Dixie Publishing

“In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.”

Source : Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.71, Vintage

“When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame.”

“The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty”

“I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe.”

“If you write something in the evening or at night, look back over it the next morning. I tend to be less self-critical at night; sometimes, I've looked back at things I wrote the night before, and realized they were no good at all.”

Source : "Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration" by Polly Stenham, Guy Garvey, Tamara Rojo, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Fyfe Dangerfield, Martha Wainright, Anthony Neilson, Rupert Goold, Isaac Julien, Lucy Prebble, Jasmin Vardimon, Sunand Prasad, Susan Philipsz, Akram Khan, Polly Morgan, Kate Royal, Ian Rickson, Olivia Williams, Martin Parr, Wayne McGregor, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.

“When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”

“You can't make a sculpture until you've got a lump of rock.”

Source : Source: collider.com