"I will say that the prison regime is rather a good one for a writer because you have plenty of time to write."

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Source : "Mary Archer transcript: 'Very little surprises me, I have to say'". Interview with John Humphrys, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2001.

Mary Archer

#Writing Quotes #Prison Quotes #Regimes Quotes

“Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.”
“In summary, she did jump off a cliff, but she wasn't trying to kill herself. Bella's all about the extreme sports these days." I flushed and turned my eyes straight ahead, looking after the dark shadow that I could no longer see. I could imagine what he was hearing in Alice's thoughts now. Near-drowings, stalking vampires, werewolf friends . . . "Hm," Edward said curtly, and the casual tone of his voice was gone.”
“Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.”
“Your teacher cannot bridge the gap between what you know and what you want to know. For his words to â€˜educate' you, you must welcome them, think about them, find somewhere for your mind to organize them, and remember them. Your learning is your job, not your teacher's job. And all you need to start with is desire. You don't need a schoolteacher to get knowledge - you can get it from looking at the world, from watching films, from conversations, from reading, from asking questions, from experience.”
“[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of them on military history and strategy and so forth.”
“When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.”
“I wish i could change my mind as easily as I change socks But then I don't change socks so easily”
“The real secret is to build an organization that isn't afraid to make changes while it is still successful, before change becomes imperative for survival.”

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