#mo

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#curtain #deep #deep south #early #effect

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain? ↗

— Margaret Oliphant

#less #more #more or less #pain #purchased

I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life. ↗

— Mark Oliphant

#him #i #life #most #my life

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#building #constitution #democracy #envy #fair

What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#always #consciousness #fascinating #get #idea

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#beautiful #feel #get #i #i feel

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#by the time #could #feel #fiction #fiction writers

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#aware #breathe #dance #deeply #i

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking! ↗

— Sharon Olds

#did #drinking #haven #i #managed

Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#did #i #journalism #know #looked