"I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest response from me. But his letters were lovely. And the poems he wrote me were lovely. I used some of them in my book."

-- Fay Wray

#Book Quotes #Lovely Quotes #Letters Quotes

“The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page . . . Then in the middle of each chapter there's a dramatic point of excitement, and at chapter's end, a cliffhanger.”
“We do not become. We simply are.”
“In a time of destruction, create something.”

Source : Maxine Hong Kingston (2003). “The Fifth Book of Peace”, Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
“The universe is a Divine thought that has taken form.”

Source : Alberto Villoldo, Erik Jendresen (1992). “Journey to the Island of the Sun: The Return to the Lost City of Gold”, Harpercollins
“The Universe, so far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine; its extent, its order, its beauty, its cruelty, makes it alike impressive.”
“The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.”
“There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.”
“Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.”

Source : Max Beckmann, Barbara Copeland Buenger (1997). “Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950”, p.307, University of Chicago Press

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