"I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest."

-- Ovid

#Poetry Quotes #Letters Quotes #Jest Quotes

“I've actually been looking at plays, and I have read a bunch of stuff. I would love to do it. I have thought about theatre on and off over the years, but other things kept getting in the way. Maybe now's the time.”
“All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift.”
“But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it.”
“I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.”
“Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour.”
“I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself - -it's eerie.”
“Ah, books." Ziegler, smiling, came up behind me. "They bob like corks on an ocean. Float between worlds, messages in bottles.”
“There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.”

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