Lynne Truss What one discovers in life, I find, is that one’s personality defects don’t come and go. – Lynne Truss Defects Quotes Discovers Quotes Life Quotes Personality Quotes The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards. All writers learn this, in time: don’t show your work to other people until it’s safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book in quite general terms can be such an undermining experience that, afterwards, you give it up and go to live in Guatemala.
Kathryn Minshew The idea for The Muse came from my own life, from a product that I wanted but couldn’t find anywhere. Sometimes when you see a need for something in your own life and you can’t get it, you feel crazy enough to make it happen yourself. – Kathryn Minshew
Michael Moore The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not ‘insurgents’ or ‘terrorists’ or ‘The Enemy.’ They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow – and they will win. – Michael Moore
Anton Chekhov Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. – Anton Chekhov
Josiah Strong There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken. – Josiah Strong
Alan Stern It says something very deep about humans and our society, something very good about us, that we’ve invested our time and treasure in building a machine that can fly across three billion miles of space to explore the Pluto system. – Alan Stern
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