"The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing."

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Pico Iyer

#Writing Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“Iâ€™d heard about the Baptists from Jacob Henryâ€™s mother. According to her, Baptists were a strange lot. They put you in water to see how holy you were. Then they ducked you under the water three times. Didnâ€™t matter a whit if you could swim or no. If you didnâ€™t come up, you got dead and your mortal soul went to Hell. But if you did come up, it was even worse. You had to be a Baptist.”
“I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles.”

Source : "'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' Actress Losses 250 lbs, Wants to Act Again". Interview, www.worstpreviews.com. August 10, 2012.
“When you're in other people's country you don't speak your own language out of respect. You don't need to speak.”

Source : Source: aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com
“Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.”
“I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.”
“If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.”
“Bob Dylan's one of the greatest blues singers of the western world; ancient art, on-the-spot improvisation, mind quickness, endless variation, classical formulae, prophetic vision, mighty wind-horse.”
“Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.”

Source : Judy Collins (2005). “Morning, Noon, and Night: Living the Creative Life”, p.30, Penguin

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