"It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment."

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Source : Michael Weisskopf (2016). “Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57”, p.188, Holt Paperbacks

Michael Weisskopf

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“I lift weights four times a week, usually run five days a week.”
“I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. There's less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting to involved.”

Source : Marina Keegan (2014). “The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
“a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff”
“Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will only get better as you get older and wiser. If you write something beautiful and important, and the right person somehow discovers it, they will clear room for you on the bookshelves of the world-at any age. At least try.”
“I had fewer female clients. I don't know why. It was always the men who chose me. And the ones whose secrets I had to hold. I represented Sophia Loren. She was jailed in Caserta for 17 days.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Live in a perpetual great astonishment.”

Source : Theodore Roethke (2006). “Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63”, p.175, Copper Canyon Press
“Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.”
“Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.”

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