"But being able to talk to so many patients from so many walks of life gives a tremendous window into people's lives. This is not to say I want to write about individual patients, but I think that after listening to the concerns of people who are so different from me, I can more realistically portray characters who are so different from me."

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Source : Penguin Random House interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

Daniel Mason

#Character Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.”
“You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?”
“Never trust a woman whose father calls her 'Princess'. Chances are she believes it.”
“I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as a go-go dancer at Lady Starlight's Party. And I never thought that my love for mediocre performance art and bad mime would ever come to use in my career as an actor. But my fantasies came true and I got to play Maureen in Rent.”
“But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.”

Source : 'Answered, for Lord William Hamilton' in Lord Wharncliffe (ed.) 'The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu' (1861) vol. 2, p. 477
“The next thing you do is allocate resources.”
“What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher.”
“If you carry the weather with you, then character is determined by the prevailing wind”

Source : Jamie O'Neill (2002). “At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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