"I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13."

-- Kevin Powers

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes

“How clerks love refusing. It salves them for being clerks.”

Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Mysteries of Motion: A Novel”, p.70, Open Road Media
“People want to be loved; failing that admired; failing that feared; failing that hated and despised. They want to evoke some sort of sentiment. The soul shudders before oblivion and seeks connection at any price.”
“I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.'”
“I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result.”
“What I've learned is that the most precious commodity you can have in a relationship is honesty, good or bad.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If the Lord had meant us to pay income taxes, he'd have made us smart enough to prepare the return.”
“I'm not particularly invested in, nor do I really care about, photography in a general sense. It's a medium that's relatively ubiquitous, readily accessible, and that I have some facility with, so it makes sense for me to use it.”
“I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.”

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