"The preliminaries were out of the way, the creative process was about to begin. The creative process, that mystic life force, that splurge out of which has come the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, the Fantasie Impromptu, the Bayeux tapestries, Romeo and Juliet, the windows of Chartres Cathedral, Paradise Lost - and a pulp murder story by Dan Moody. The process is the same in all; if the results are a little uneven, that doesn't invalidate the basic similarity of origin."

-- Cornell Woolrich

#Writing Quotes #Creative Quotes #Stories Quotes

“As an actor in-between jobs, it can be hard to stay motivated when you feel like you future is always in someone else's hands. You are always waiting for someone to look at you and say "YES."”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.
“I think real life reflects your movies. In your life, you pick stuff that influences what movie roles you wanna pick. I think if you've got an interesting life, you wanna do interesting movies about interesting things.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.”
“Being faster would probably make me better at football.”
“I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.”
“My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death. But they are also stories of faith, hope, triumph, and love. They are stories of perseverance, loyalty, courage in the face of overwhelming odds, and of never giving up!”

Source : Livia Bitton-Jackson (2011). “I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.”
“Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing.”

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