"You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Grace Paley

#Writing Quotes #Needs Quotes

“The kid was so handsome, he almost looked unreal.”
“I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man.”
“I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.”
“Drive through a yellow light, and you may be ticketed thanks to a camera tied onto a pole. Everybody's watching everything. And then sending it out to the world via email.”
“You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.”
“I would pick them when they bloomed. And when she called me home for supper, I'd place them in her hair and the contrast would take my breath away.”
“Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis.”
“Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, and start being thankful for what you do got.”

Source : Song: Live Your Life

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