"Van Ritzen is one of the funniest humans I've ever met. Read her book, laugh, lather, rinse, repeat."

-- Mark Leiren-Young

#Book Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Vans Quotes

“Have consideration for wounded feelings.”
“To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.”

Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press
“A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.”
“Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.”

Source : "Stay Awake". Book by Dan Chaon, 2012.
“I don't really have an allowance. When I want to get something I just have to ask my mom.”
“I won't quarrel with my bread and butter.”
“I like to create a character where you believe, deep down, that they don't really care if they live or die. That's very liberating for the character because, if the character is prepared to die, then they can do anything. It's impossible to stop them.”
“That's what makes you a human being---that willingness to sing another one free.”

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