"The trap into which all writers have, will, or should fall into, of writing The Great American Watchamacallit, is such an uncluttered and inviting one that from time to time I'm sure even the greatest have to pull themselves up short by the Shift key to remind themselves that it is story first that they should write."

-- Harlan Ellison

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“And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.”
“The joy late coming late departs.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 409-10, Some Sweet Day, 1922.
“The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom.”
“I've always been outspoken about the fact that I have no care for material things. I'm not going to post a picture of being inside a fancy jet. It doesn't mean anything to me. But I find it funny that - in an organic way - sometimes I find myself in this room with these wealthy businessmen drinking thousand dollar bottles of wine because of where I've gotten in my career.”

Source : Source: people.com
“I'm not an instinctive actor.”
“Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.”
“The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.”
“Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child”

Source : Tom Stoppard (2014). “Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2”, p.83, Faber & Faber

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