"Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do you people want to be writers?and they all said yes. Then Lewis said, Why the hell aren't you at home writing?"

-- Tom T. Hall

#Writing Quotes #Home Quotes #Class Quotes

“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.”

Source : "The New York Comics And Picture-story Symposium: Jennifer George And Charles Kochman", therumpus.net. March 4, 2014.
“Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.”
“Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make.”
“It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.”

Source : Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, p.20, Conari Press
“We pretend to be strong because we are weak.”
“By the late 70s conservatism was becoming more corporate on the one hand, more theocratic on the other. In reaction to the 60s, conservatism was more about order than freedom, more about conformity than singularity.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.”

Source : Miriam Toews (2001). “Swing Low: A Life”, p.179, Arcade Publishing
“The most exhausting effort in my life has been to suppress my own nature in order to make it serve my biggest plans.”

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