"Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters."

-- A. Lee Martinez

#Writing Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Waiter Quotes

“If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.”
“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”
“The work of art, though bound by its genetic markings and indelible fingerprints, is boundless in the infinite elaborations of its destiny, and therefore in the range of its interpretations.”
“Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.”
“Lo! while we are gazing, in swifter haste Stream down the snows, till the air is white, As, myriads by myriads madly chased, They fling themselves from their shadowy height. The fair, frail creatures of middle sky, What speed they make, with their grave so nigh; Flake after flake, To lie in the dark and silent lake!”
“I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.”
“Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world”

Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (2012). “Lord Foul's Bane”, p.264, Del Rey
“When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear.”

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