"I write because I want to have more than one life."

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Anne Tyler

#Writing Quotes #Want Quotes

“Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.”
“I like to say, in Hollywood, you can't make a redneck movie without me. That doesn't happen. You better not do it.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.”

Source : John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.250, Random House
“I found that the camera was a comforting companion. It opened up new worlds, and gave me access to people's most intimate moments. I discovered the privilege of seeing life in all its complexity, the thrill of learning something new every day. When I was behind a camera, it was the only place in the world I wanted to be.”

Source : Lynsey Addario (2015). “It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War”, p.19, Penguin
“Those of us with illnesses are the holders of the silent fears of those with good health.”

Source : Elisabeth Tova Bailey (2010). “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating”, p.40, Algonquin Books
“Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?”

Source : Nichiren (2003). “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin”
“The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.”
“It is well documented that the same text, indexed by several indexers, will result in as many slightly or even substantially different indexes, and even the same indexer will produce varying indexes for the same text at different times.”

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