"One hasn't become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic, physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating."

-- Niyi Osundare

#Sleep Quotes #Writing Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“I'm pretty slapstick in my life but nobody sees that. You get typecast. I'm from New York and I have a sh*t-detector that's outspoken. I'm very streetwise and the producers detect that. So they get me on a movie and kill me. I go into their offices and I'm sure when I leave they say, 'You know, he'd be great to kill'. I've been killed every way you can imagine.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.”
“I tried to give up drugs by drinking.”
“My whole life experience feeds into my writing. I think that must be true for every writer. Clearly the Army and combat were major influences; just the same, you need to understand that many of the writers we have now couldn't load a revolver.”
“Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go; split people see and create splits in everything and everybody.”
“If the person you are trying to diagnose politically is some sort of intellectual, the chances are two to one he is a Democrat.”
“Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.”

Source : "Sunday Conversation: Igudesman & Joo". Interview with Irene Lacher, articles.latimes.com. October 09, 2011.
“I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.”

Source : "Interview with Hal Linden TV Star, "Song & Dance Man", Hearing Aid Wearer". Interview with Dr. Beck, www.audiologyonline.com. May 23, 2005.

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