"It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night."

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Source : Tim Winton (2011). “In the Winter Dark”, p.1, Pan Macmillan

Tim Winton

#Art Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“You have to have confidence in what you're doing.”
“"Facilitate my thinking" means thinking about who I am as a human being in relation to the world around me. It's how I position myself, how I navigate through this world. That to me is thinking. It is also exhausting to constantly be making art that in some ways responds to the conditions of the world around you. I gave myself permission to turn all of that off, and to lose myself in work.”
“I really hope that I can be as good as some people think I can be. But I may never work again... and that's the reality of the film industry. So, it's nice but I wouldn't want to go into something feeing like I needed to prove that I was good enough to be there. Maybe in some ways, it makes me think: "Do you know what? Some people think I'm alright, so maybe I should go into a job thinking I'm not rubbish." But I don't really think about it.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“If I had 10 ideas and people said yes to all of them, half of them could be crap. But, if I've got 10 ideas and we really only have the budget for one of them, then we have to pick the best one that is our most creative element.”

Source : "Exclusive: Thomas Ian Nicholas Talks FADING OF THE CRIES and AMERICAN REUNION". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 7, 2011.
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”
“Breakfast is the one meal at which it is permissible to read the paper ...”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1954). “Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living”
“Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.”
“Do you know how powerful you are?”

Source : "10 Quotes From Diddy’s Howard Commencement Speech" by Iyana Robertson, www.vibe.com. May 11, 2014.

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