"I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction."

-- Hallie Ephron

#Writing Quotes #Preparation Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“She'd lost her fury, somewhere, as they'd talked. She didn't feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness that had settled in its place.”
“Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.”
“I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.”
“Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though we are quite sure of being the same person to-day as we were yesterday, and this is no doubt true in some sense. But the real Self is as hard to arrive at as the real table, and does not seem to have that absolute, convincing certainty that belongs to particular experiences.”
“Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me.”
“I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.”

Source : "IMF Managing Director Discusses Organization’s Role". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. August 5, 2004.
“The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.”

Source : William Dampier (1703). “A New Voyage Round the World”, p.21
“I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.”

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

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