"People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate."

-- Mark Leyner

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.”

Source : Wallace D. Wattles, General Press (2016). “The Science of Getting Rich”, p.33, GENERAL PRESS
“Being alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that.”

Source : Marjorie M. Liu (2010). “A Wild Light: Hunter Kiss:”, p.40, Hachette UK
“For me the motley and the bauble, yea, Though all be vanity, as the Preacher saith, The mirth of love be mine for one brief breath!”
“There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.”
“The important thing to know about an assassination or an attempted assassination is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“A plastic man really, actually no man at all.”
“To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination.”
“Those are the liberals who don't want to win. Those are the liberals who are in love with noble defeats, and I'm sick and tired of noble defeats.”

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