"Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance."

-- Henry Ford

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“Let's put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind up with a 200,000 word novel. We, picture-book people, or at least I, start out with 200,000 words and I reduce it to 20”
“I'm very nostalgic, and I spend a lot of time in the past, in my mind. That's part of my challenge, and what I really want to do is, I want to be present. I want to leave that in the past. When I say nostalgic, I mean my own life. I spend a lot of time reflecting on my past and not being able to process time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all.”

Source : Source: www.sbnation.com
“For you to make your creative work creative, you must seek creativity from the creator.”
“At the time, I didn't have the insight to wonder at the transient nature of despair, but now that I'm older I've seen how little it takes to turn a person's life around for better or worse. An event will do, or an Idea. Another person. An idea of a person.”
“I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.”

Source : Interview with Bevy Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 26, 2008.
“It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.”

Source : "Bless Me, Ultima". Book by Rudolfo Anaya, 1972.
“No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage!”

Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.116, Litres

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