"Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing."

-- Michael Connelly

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Office Quotes

“The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.”
“Art is the path of the creator to his work.”
“Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.”
“I necessarily fear change except that it's so seldom for the better. It's just that I can live with any number of things going straight to hell as long as these streams continue to hold up. If this amounts to living in a fool's paradise, don't waste your time trying to explain that to the fool.”

Source : John Gierach (2008). “Fool's Paradise”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
“A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.”
“I recommend against a wooden squat rack, for much the same reason that I recommend against a wooden car.”
“My favorite word? "Yes.”
“To make a low-budget independent is not easy work.”

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