"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-- E. B. White

#Writing Quotes #Men Quotes

“The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.”
“My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.”
“The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do....”

Source : Nan Fairbrother (1954). “An English Year”
“Don't become a slave to non-crucial matters.”
“Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.”
“I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.”
“The parent-adolescent relationship is like a partnership in which the senior partner (the parent) has more expertise in many areasbut looks forward to the day when the junior partner (the adolescent) will take over the business of running his or her own life.”

Source : Laurence Steinberg (2011). “You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”

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