"Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites."

--

Piers Paul Read

#Novel Quotes #Diamond Quotes

“Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!”

Source : 'Miscellania' (1653)
“[She] had felt straight away that she wasnâ€™t meeting a new friend, but recognizing an old one.”
“I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of The Saint. He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my favourite actor to work with.”
“There's hostility to lying, and there should be.”
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
“It's the not the subject that interests me as much as my perception of the subject.”
“I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore.”

Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.169, A&C Black
“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”

Source : George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

You may also like: