"That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance."

-- Alex Haley

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“When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world!”
“Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.”
“The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.”

Source : AUTHOR Q&A, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.
“When a family breaks you don't hear the crack of the breaking. You don't hear a sound.”

Source : Judy Blundell (2011). “Strings Attached”, p.246, Scholastic Inc.
“Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.”
“Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.”
“In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that's incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like working in a really remunerative coal mine. That's the down side.”
“There is no happiness without patriotism.”

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