"All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction."

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Alan Lightman

#Roots Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Draws Quotes

“Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?”
“Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.”
“Never raise your hand menacingly, but only in a friendly gesture!”

Source : Sophie von La Roche (1991). “The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim: Extracted by a Woman Friend of the Same from Original Documents and Other Reliable Sources”, p.197, SUNY Press
“I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.”
“The true gardener, like an artist, is never satisfied.”
“I train my kids to dream really big and impossible dreams and to pursue them doggedly.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“People are disappearing from movies, and normal human behaviour is disappearing from movies... You are not always fighting a creature in life. That's part of life, it's a pretty big part of life, but it's not all of life.”
“I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.”

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