"The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth."

-- Steven Erikson

#Ideas Quotes #Littles Quotes #Ongoing Quotes

“The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life.”
“She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight.”
“It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.”
“The truth is never dangerous. Except when told.”
“You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.”
“Be careful what you're good at doing, because you'll probably do a lot of it.”

Source : Jim Bob Duggar, Michelle Duggar (2009). “The Duggars: 20 and Counting!: Raising One of America's Largest Families--How the”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. Weâ€™ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”
“The last two days of shooting ('Harper's Island') was probably the most hardcore, the coldest anyone has ever been. It was like your head was freezing, and my motivation for most scenes was, 'The minute this scene is over, I'm heading straight over to that heater to get warm.'”

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