"[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did."

-- Muriel Spark

#Being In Love Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Long Quotes

“I represent a district in Nevada, a state that is home to more wild horses than all other states combined.”
“You can not make everybody happy..”
“Don't get stuck in old ideas. Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change.”

Source : "Remembering Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015): 'We Have to Change Ourselves in Order to Change the World'". www.democracynow.org. October 06, 2015.
“My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pencils on the floor under the kitchen table.”
“Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.”

Source : Interview with David Wolinsky, www.avclub.com. June 17, 2008.
“Mrs. Campbell once attempted to smuggle her pet Pekingese through customs by tucking him inside the upper part of her cape. "Everything was going splendidly," she later remarked, "until my bosom barked."”
“I'm a man of the marketplace as well as an artist. I'm a pawnbroker of myth.”
“I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.”

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