"I don't have a style. I wouldn't say I have a style as a writer, either. I know people have said "This is what he does," but when I'm writing, I don't think about that. I don't think about a style."

-- Charlie Kaufman

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I trained for three years at drama school to be an actor - not a celebrity.”
“Passing out while you try to kill yourself is like failing at failing.”

Source : "How to kill yourself like a man" by Maddox, www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net.
“The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.”
“Time, Ms. McHenry," Townsend said. "It can be a cruel, cruel thing”
“By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.”
“It's hard [arriving just before the game], but it's more mental than anything. I think I prepared myself as I was coming over mentally, to not think about being fatigued or anything, just to be ready to help the team.”
“Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used.”
“There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.”

Source : Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.459, Open Road Media

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