"I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way."

-- Khaled Hosseini

#Way Quotes #Stories Quotes #Elements Quotes

“Yes, anally retentive men are my forte!”
“Stalin was formed by much more than a miserable childhood, just as the USSR was formed by much more than Marxist ideology.”

Source : Simon Sebag Montefiore (2009). “Young Stalin”, p.25, Vintage
“Every night is different, a ball of thread that unrolls differently.”
“In the afternoon, they stopped to eat on a rocky outcrop. Perry brushed a kiss on her cheek while she was chewing, and she learned that it was the loveliest thing to be kissed for no reason, even while chewing food. It brightened the woods, and the never sky, and everything.”
“Some period pieces are shot slightly objectively, a little bit, and some call it stuffy or dusty or old fashioned. I always felt that some of the films that I admire the most are the ones where they're intimate with the characters.”
“The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.”
“I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.”
“I'm contemplating thinking about thinking...but....it's overrated - just get another drink in!”

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