"A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't."

-- Edna Ferber

#Long Quotes #Waking Quotes #Hours Quotes

“Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it.”
“Harold Ramis and I together did the â€˜National Lampoon Showâ€™ off Broadway, â€˜Meatballs,â€™ â€˜Stripes,â€™ â€˜Caddyshack,â€™ â€˜Ghostbustersâ€™ and â€˜Groundhog Day.â€™ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.”
“And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.”

Source : Henry James (2015). “The Complete Novels of Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady + The Wings of the Dove + What Maisie Knew + The American + The Bostonian + The Ambassadors + Washington Square and more (Unabridged): Confidence + Roderick Hudson + The Awkward Age + The Europeans + The Golden Bowl + The Other House + The Outcry + The Princess Casamassima + The Reverberator + The Sacred Fount….”, p.2844, e-artnow
“Zeppelin were a blues band but [also] so much more, [as were] The Stones.”
“Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.”
“The preacher who is concerned with gaining a reputation, rising in his profession, is always in bondage. The itch for bigness is a dangerous thing. It has made a castaway of many a man whom God once richly blessed. A man should desire to be neither larger nor smaller than pleases God. Better than that, he should not bother at all about how large or how small but rather how faithful he shall be.”
“Talk uses up ideas. Once I have spoken them aloud, they are lost to me, dissipated into the noisy air like smoke. Only if I bury them, like bulbs, in the rich soil of silence do they grow.”

Source : Doris Grumbach (2014). “Fifty Days of Solitude: A Memoir”, p.49, Open Road Media
“Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.”

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