"Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labor of love bordering on madness."

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Source : "Know thy subject" by Steven Saylor, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

Steven Saylor

#Writing Quotes #Effort Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.”

Source : "Elizabeth Warren Is the Right Person for the Job" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 14, 2010.
“So here we are, just two months away from the election, with more and more examples that modern day Jim Crowe laws are alive and well in the state of Florida.”
“One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.”
“You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.”
“In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.”
“Our evolutionary psychology preconditions us not to respond to threats which can be postponed until later.”
“Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.”

Source : Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

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