"Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up."

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Emma Donoghue

#Should Quotes #Ability Quotes

“Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination. This is the writer's greatest enemy. There is little to say about it except that once you decide to write every day, you must make yourself sit at the desk or table for the required period whether or not you are putting down words. Make yourself take the time even if the hours seem fruitless. Ideally, after a few days or weeks of being chained to the desk, you will submit to the story that must be told.”
“Are people the best judges of their own happiness, or outsiders? In defining happiness, should we think of entire lives or of shorter periods such as moments, days, or years? And to what extent are virtue and happiness linked?”

Source : Sissela Bok (2010). “Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science”, p.38, Yale University Press
“Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.”
“There is some humor in Monsieur Lazhar and in all my other films, but this one I'll try to make a real comedy from start to finish. It's called Prescott Etc. because the name of the constituency is so long that everybody in the constituency just says Prescott Etc. I don't know if that's what it will be. It's a working title.”
“I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.”

Source : "Table talk". Interview with Rachel Dixon, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2008.
“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions.”
“The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.”
“I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry”

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