"It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family."

-- Antony Beevor

#Mother Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Writing Quotes

“It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little issues were big ones. To take a realistic attitude toward life and death meant that one lapsed into unreality. Into insanity. It was ironic that the only way to keep one's sanity was to ignore that one was in an insane world or to act as if the world were sane.”
“The garden where you sit Has never a need of flowers, For you are the blossoms And only a fool or the blind Would fail to know it”

Source : Louis de Bernieres (2012). “Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel”, p.119, Vintage
“The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.”
“a great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ...”
“This little kid pointed at me and said, 'You look disgusting!' That was the first time I thought maybe I did. I decided I'd better start eating. I'm just thankful that I made it through with relatively few scars.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The emergent terrorist threats and the spread of nuclear technology and materials have made it much more likely that terrorists will get their hands on a nuclear weapon and that just changes the whole calculus. I love the quote by Rev. Richard Cizik: "If you've never changed your mind about anything, then pinch yourself, you might be dead." The world has changed and we need to start talking about this.”
“Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.”
“It just happens I write fast and always have done.”

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