"I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing."

--

Joan Didion

#Breathing Quotes

“Lake quiets, tired of my lies.”

Source : Deborah Ager, “Summer Nights”
“I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing as they did, I went into the stacks and read the first book written by an author whose name began with Z. I received the highest grade in the class. That convinced me that the institution was not being run correctly. I left.”
“What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.”
“The lands are lit with all the autumn blaze of golden-rod, and everywhere the purple asters nod and bend and wave and flit.”

Source : H.H. (Helen Hunt) (1887). “Helen Jackson's Poems”
“Typically, when you're with your friends, premises are coming up left and right. But when you're on stage, you must create the premise. So you have to create the premise, paint the picture and then deliver the punch line.”
“All actors almost always try to steal some of their wardrobe.”
“Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,â€ Gram said. â€œIf you have three or four â€“or more â€“ chickabiddies, youâ€™re dancing on a hot griddle all the time. You donâ€™t have time to think about anything else. And if youâ€™ve only got one or two, itâ€™s almost harder. You have room left over â€“ empty spaces that you think youâ€™ve got to fill up.”
“To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

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