"The Anglo-American tradition is much more linear than the European tradition. If you think about writers like Borges, Calvino, Perec or Marquez, they're not bound in the same sort of way. They don't come out of the classic 19th-century novel, which is where all the problems start. 19th-century novels are fabulous and we should all read them, but we shouldn't write them."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Way Quotes

“Kids dealing with these really adult-problems. I'm making big, generalized statements but our culture doesn't acknowledge these things. Sex does lead to pregnancy! Kids don't always have an outlet or someone they can talk to about it.”
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.”
“We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.”
“A thousand things to be written had I time: had I power. A very little writing uses up my capacity for writing.”
“I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.”
“Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death.”
“Around midnight I heard them shout unfaithful one and I knew right then the axe was gonna fall. It's because of me.”
“The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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