"When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life."

-- Ralph Peters

#Writing Quotes #Reality Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.”
“However advanced a man may be in piety or age; he is still in danger of falling.”
“Writers don't need love; all they require is money.”
“Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.”

Source : Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub
“Hopefully, I can put the pictures they take of me up on my Facebook.”
“We need a revolution in the West: not violent overthrow, but a willingness to take responsibility for the course of history being set forth in our names. We need a revolution determined to activate broad, inclusive social change.”

Source : Christina Baldwin (2009). “Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture”, p.22, Bantam
“I remember writing a song when I was about 15. This is the one I can remember. I know I'd been writing poetry for a long time, since I was about eight, but I remember my first one that I put to chords. I was really trying to be like the psychedelic era Beatles, I was obsessed. All I could think about was Beatles and Hendrix. So I tried to write a psychedelic song, and it was the worst. I couldn't even... If I read it now - I still have the book somewhere - it makes me cringe out loud. It was just about psychedelic stuff.”
“Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector.”

Source : "The Liberation of General Motors". opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. December 19, 2012.

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