"I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind."

-- Gregory Maguire

#Writing Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Sloth Quotes

“I don't just want to be another cog in the gears of Hollywood.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When you read enough stories about people who have been through different levels of trauma, and it doesn't matter what the history is, trauma is trauma, there's always this freeing of the spirit.”
“Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to proclaim, create, and evolve into who we know ourselves to be. Itâ€™s okay if your personal definition is in a constant state of flux as you navigate the world.”

Source : Janet Mock (2014). “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More”, p.172, Simon and Schuster
“I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.”
“Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like Alice through the looking-glass. I had no idea just how deep the rabbit hole would go.”
“I see little hope for a peaceful world until men are excluded from the realm of foreign policy altogether and all decisions concerning international relations are reserved for women, preferably married ones.”
“Dialogue is easy. It's what you've been doing almost every day, most of your life.”

Source : Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.111, Writer's Digest Books
“Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer retreat to the safety of those conventions. The woman who rejects the stereotype of feminine weakness and dependence can no longer find much comfort in the clich? that all men are beasts. She has no choice except to believe, on the contrary, that men are human beings, and she finds it hard to forgive them when they act like animals.”

Source : Christopher Lasch (1991). “The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations”, p.196, W. W. Norton & Company

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