"Your life informs your writing."

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Source : "Time and place: Quintin Jardine". The Sunday Times, September 20, 2009.

Quintin Jardine

#Writing Quotes

“We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice ...”

Source : Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1824). “Works”, p.145
“For God took a handful of blizzard snow, blew on it and created the horse.”
“I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing.”
“He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.”
“Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among us in the spirit of Christ and carried out to the honour of His blessed name. Amen.”

Source : John Baillie (1952). “A diary of private prayer”, Scribner
“I make it a policy not to second-guess my instincts. Life's more fun that way. ~Train Heartnet”
“Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there's only one.”
“Keep your eyes wide open in the darkest of times. Only then you can rely on shooting stars.”

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