"You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“We can't believe how many gays there are in heavy metal, people like...”
“Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.”

Source : Bede Griffiths (2004). “Bede Griffiths: Essential Writings”
“I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.”
“Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.”
“I went to my 30th high school reunion, and I could tell who was gay and who was straight because the gay people were like, 'Sarah, you've been doing so much,' and the straight people were like, 'So, Sarah, what have you been doing?”
“What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better future for our kids. I just think if the adults are always thinking about the world we want to leave for our kids, we're going to make the right choices every single time.”
“I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy actually for the audience that's there.”

Source : "New Girl's Jake Johnson". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. May 8, 2012.
“I'm definitely careful. I'm not reckless or stupid, but that's how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn't me.”

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