#ant

I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#certain #created #did #even #ever

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#believe #commitment #contrast #difference #entire

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#country #credible #done #fantastic #folk

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. ↗

— Don Marquis

#cry #denies #into #makes #prohibition

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. ↗

— Don Marquis

#blood #boast #descendants #family #finish

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves. ↗

— Don Marquis

#lips #move #persons #read #reading

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. ↗

— Don Marquis

#care #change #diapers #important #important things

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. ↗

— Don Marquis

#go #hell #know #ours #people

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality. ↗

— Don Marquis

#more #much #need #public #quality

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#into #other #our #people #pie