"I only write about what I do, what happens to me."

-- Brownie McGhee

#Writing Quotes

“We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone.”

Source : "Literature of the American Indian". Book by Thomas Edward Sanders and Walter W. Peek, p. 294, 1973.
“It’s wonderful, it’s expressive. It’s a way of using a part of my instrument that I’m comfortable and familiar with. The voice is such a vital part of crafting a character. I’m so pleased that I have the kind of voice that prints well and that people want to hear. I’ve had friends actually say, ‘You know, I was in the kitchen, and the television was on and I heard you.’ I love hearing that there’s something familiar about my sound, and that to some people it’s soothing.”
“Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darn early.”
“Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.”
“Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.”
“One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.”
“The object of living is work, experience, happiness.”
“When you plant early, you bring spring early.”

Source : Jean Hersey (1967). “The Shape of a Year”

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