"Never be so brief as to become obscure."

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Tryon Edwards

#Writing Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“Do things to make your day precious.”
“I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.”
“NBA has a selfish rationale. It saves the owners money by delaying the time a player gets to a second, more lucrative contract. Even the player's union is on board. There are only 450 jobs in the NBA, and the one-and-done protects veterans' jobs.”
“Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded, like mushrooms. It was actually easier to believe they were men from Marlborough's army, than to think they'd been alive a year ago. It was as if all the other wars had distilled themselves into this war, and that made it something you almost can't challenge. It's like a very deep voice, saying; 'Run along, little man, be glad you've survived”
“Anyone who conceives of writing as an agreeable stroll towards a middle-class life-style will never write anything but crap.”

Source : Derek Raymond (2011). “He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1”, p.154, Profile Books
“I don't think that was too successful. Because I always thought that the two of them should have been more separate. Also I had planned the monorail station to be in the center. So that one day you would have go to World Showcase and then the other day to Future World.”
“I never made a film which fully satisfied me.”

Source : "Polanski: His Life and Films". Book by Barbara Leaming, 1982.
“We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be known for. At the core of this is the simple but fragile heart - our integrity - which is always under challenge, under tests both trivial and profound every day of our lives.”

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