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Sophy Burnham

"There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed."

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.51, Penguin

Sophy Burnham

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“Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.”
“Every Hebrew should look upon his Faith as a temple extending over every land to prove the immutability of God and the unity of His purposes.”

Source : "A Book of Jewish Thoughts" by Joseph H. Hertz, Oxford University Press, (p. 3), 1920.
“[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.”
“I try to maintain a positive attitude at all times, because clients notice little things like that, and if you're frowning and crying all the time and saying "why? why?", they get worried.”

Source : John Swartzwelder (2004). “The Time Machine Did It”
“We're looking at a story we want to call "Am I Black enough for you?" That's that whole question of who determines what "Black enough" is. Is it color? And if it's color, then are you telling me that Clarence Thomas is Blacker than Louis Farrakhan? If it's not color then what's the line that determines whether you are?”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best, the wacky neighbor on a sitcom, so this is all just a surprise and a joy.”
“I would love to rent a little cottage or cabin in Colorado and learn to ski or snowboard. And on the warmer side, I also want to rent a house in Hawaii and learn to surf!”
“All I wanted was to break your walls, all you wanted was to break me”

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