"I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist."

-- Leslie Fiedler

#People Quotes #Firefighter Quotes #Novelists Quotes

“I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.”
“Art is fantastic, but it's also that you come to Paris, you call me, I come to New York, I come to visit you, we hang out together, and that's art.”
“There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.”
“The young men in our city are not problems to be solved. They are opportunities to be unleashed.”
“American Suiteheart I must confess Im in love with my own sins”
“If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened.”
“I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories.”
“So, here we are - all part of this great hologram called Creation, which is everybody else's SELF.It's all a cosmic play, and there is nothing but you!”

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