"I've been writing full-time since I was 23,"

-- Emma Donoghue

#Writing Quotes

“Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.”

Source : John Carmack's plan of Quake 3 Arena Project, www.bluesnews.com. May 15, 2000.
“How cold the vacancy When the phantoms are gone and the shaken realist First sees reality. The mortal no Has its emptiness and tragic expirations.”
“Words are the small change of thought.”
“History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.”
“When a relationship dies do we ever really give up the ghost or are we forever haunted by the spirits of relationships past?”
“How mad it is to summon grim death by means of war!”
“I enjoy the fact that, as a gay man, there's relatively little pressure on me to act like a grown-up, but also I see the pitfalls that we're susceptible to, addiction, isolation, loneliness, mental illness, not to mention the embarrassing fashion choices.”
“I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.”

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