"When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer."

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Source : "David Morrell & Ken Follett Talk About Writing". Interview with Jessica Strawser, www.writersdigest.com. October 8, 2010.

David Morrell

#Writing Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Teach Quotes

“That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.”

Source : David D. Burns (1999). “The Feeling Good Handbook”, Plume Books
“Everything is explicable in the terms of the behavior of a small child.”
“I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.”
“When you coordinate your mind and body, you have unlimited access to the wisdom of the universe.”
“I grew up with a sense of tolerance. I don't know that there was any talk about gender differences. It was respect for people. So when I became a professional and saw that there were a lot of differences in the sense of how people lived their lives, I became respectful of their territory, of their thoughts and their ideas, and it was never a problem for me to feel that this is my sister, this is my brother.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts . . .”
“I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
“The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.”

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