"Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something."

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Ann Patchett

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Love is seldomâ€”almost neverâ€”an even proposition. Someone always loves more.”
“When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.”
“Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a compassionate heart. She inhabits her characters, young or old, men or women, honestly, but without judgment, until they rise off the page and stand before us breathing and alive. New York, the Atacama desert, Amsterdam or Cuzco in Peru, the settings in Venus in the Afternoon are just as varied as the lives which they contain. A wonderful collection, one that will stay in your mind long after you have bid it goodbye.”
“You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.”
“In New York, it's a little bit more formal, a little bit more decorated, and there's a real appreciation for traditional style. Out here, it's casual, fresh, new, and almost humble.”

Source : "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.
“My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.”

Source : Lorna Luft (2015). “Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
“If you go against someone, you say, you can't vote for these Democrats, they don't have good values, they're not good people, they're weak, they're spineless, they're don't love America, they're giving aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein, that's the kind of thing I think is bad for America, because it stops the voters from thinking. And any time you stop thinking in a free society you get in trouble.”
“I got you open like supermarkets!”

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