Quotes
Authors
Craig Stone
"Winter has arrived in North London. Snow has settled. The white snow looks beautiful and covers everything my eyes can see, yet beneath the incomprehensible beauty, the snow freezes greenery which struggles to breathe. Green leaves freeze from existence as children scream go faster to fathers who push them along in upside down bin lids, as they make the most of their schools being closed." --
Craig Stone
#Beautiful Quotes
#Children Quotes
#Father Quotes
“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”
“Whatever art is, it is no longer something primarily to be looked at. Stared at, perhaps, but not primarily looked at”
“Time to open up a new chapter in life, and to explore a larger centre.”
“My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician.”
“The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?”
“Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.”
“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and they don’t. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you don’t want to write like Henry James? They may like John Irving, for instance, who’s the bore of all time. A lot of the people whose work they’ve taught in the schools for the last thirty years, I can’t understand why people read them and why they are taught.”
“I will stand against those who see terrorism when Americans die, but who see suicide bombers who kill Israelis and believe that that is just part of the negotiating process.”
