"When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing."

-- Irwin Shaw

#Hair Quotes #Stories Quotes #Magazines Quotes

“Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.”

Source : "Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2013.
“Nature as a poet, an enthusiastic workingman, becomes more and more visible the farther and higher we go; for the mountains are fountains â€“ beginning places, however related to sources beyond mortal ken.”
“We've never been anti-Semitic.”

Source : 'This Week' with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. September 19, 2010.
“Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts.”
“No Child Left Behind ... is a giraffe with an elephant's body. ... You can't take the vision of Ted Kennedy and merge it to the public policy of George Bush and come out with anything that works.”
“People tend to think of Brisbane as a sleepy, sub-topical place. I don't know. It's like Baltimore or something. I don't know. You would hear the family dramas going on behind closed doors.”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. February 07, 2005.
“As we drew near to the gates of Dother Hall the old bell in the belfry rang out. I said, 'I must go in, it's nigh on ten of the clock.' He half-turned away from me, his jacket collar hiding his expression. Was he angry? Disappointed?" Jo looked intently and I said, "Hungry?" Jo ignored me, but as she passed by acting out walking away from Phil, she allowed her hand to slap against my head.”
“If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.”

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