"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.

Thomas Perry

#Bedtime Quotes #Film Quotes #Force Quotes

“We'd record a song that people liked and wanted to hear on the radio, and the radio wouldn't play it because it was too long. Or they wanted to edit it, which we wouldn't allow.”
“I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from those whom we fight. That is a source of our strength. That is why I prohibited torture. That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva conventions. We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend.”
“The Winnipeg Art Gallery has a good collection of Inuit art, and most of what I've seen I've seen there or in the few books I have. I should spend more time researching.”
“Some philosophers see into themselves, and some into their times; still others forge an alliance with the future.”

Source : David Berlinski (2000). “The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World”, Houghton Mifflin
“Know that people are doing the best they can from their level of awareness. Accept people for who they are and always be ready to forgive.”
“Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.”
“When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.”
“Everything we think of as great has come to us from neurotics. It is they and they alone who found religions and create great works of art. The world will never realize how much it owes to them and what they have suffered in order to bestow their gifts on it.”

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