"Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist's head and into his problems and solutions. Or we can go there with another writer."

-- William Zinsser

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“Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God, no," Fletcher said laughing. "I'd drop it." "It's not an it, it's my baby sister. Go on, hold her. You won't make a mess of it, i swear. Only an idiot could drop a baby." "You always say I am an idiot." "But you're a special kind of idiot. Here." She passed Alice into his arms, and he stood there, rigid, a look of intense concentration on his face.”
“Some people come to work and that's exactly what it is - work.”
“I am committed to curbing the influence of money in our political system.”
“Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.”
“I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.”

Source : "Coffee break with Victoria Azarenka". Interview with Jon Wertheim, www.si.com. August 28, 2012.
“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?”
“I have a bath. It just relaxes me. Sitting there for a bit and just breathe and go â€˜ffffuuuhhhâ€¦.â€™, you know.”
“This wild swan of a world is no hunter's game.”

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