"The job of the writer is to take a close and uncomfortable look at the world they inhabit, the world we all inhabit, and the job of the novel is to make the corpse stink."

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Source : FaceBook post by Walter Mosley from Oct 18, 2012

Walter Mosley

#Jobs Quotes #Looks Quotes #World Quotes

“Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.”
“If you can't get an intro to a VC, hang up your cleats now. You're done, GAME OVER”
“Ben didn't want to lose money. He had had a rough time during the depression.”
“Now the night's breath responds to the sea, which I can scarcely hear from here, as it reminisces about its shipwrecks.”
“I'm excited about the old songs. That's a nice place to be after grinding out the music business for twenty years.”

Source : "John Ondrasik Interview from Five For Fighting". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.”
“I think that great poetry is the most interesting and complex use of the poet's language at that point in history, and so it's even more exciting when you read a poet like Yeats, almost 100 years old now, and you think that perhaps no one can really top that.”
“Man, fountains pen are a pain to use, drawing backgrounds is a also a pain... Drawing manga really is a pain. In short living is a pain... I want to become a cheesburger”

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