"But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one person for whom it was intended, that no combination of written words is more eloquent than those exchanged in letters between lovers or friends, or along the pale blue lines of private diaries, where people take communion with themselves."

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Source : Betsy Lerner (2010). “The Forest for the Trees (Revised and Updated): An Editor's Advice to Writers”, p.19, Penguin

Betsy Lerner

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Blue Quotes

“No other man will have you”
“Sometimes you may feel like you are just about to realize your goal only to fall short. That is no reason to quit. Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.”
“I was criticized for being too much concerned with the average Canadians. I can't help that; I am one of them!”

Source : John Diefenbaker's speech to PC convention (September 1967), as quoted in Margaret Wente "I Never Say Anything Provocative", 1975.
“I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my career], because so many things are on the road. I just don't want to be away from my husband, my dogs and my home. I don't sing that much any more because that also takes you on the road.”

Source : Source: articles.latimes.com
“My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose.”
“Now we are living in the age of comics as air”
“I don't understand choreographers who say they don't care about the audience or that they would be happy to present their works non-publicly. I think dance is a form of communication and the goal is to dialogue with the audience. If an audience member tells me they cried or that the dance moved them to think about their own journey or a family member's, then the work is successful.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I was home-schooled and I graduated super-early. But I've always had older friends, so I got to go to all their dances. I got the best of both worlds. I had the choice to go to prom with a friend of mine and I decided not to because I was filming very close to that. But red carpets and the 'G.B.F' prom were so much better.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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