#more

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. ↗

— Paul Kane

#achieved #anymore #come #end #find

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters do whatever you want them to - they usually have a life of their own if you've done your job properly. ↗

— Paul Kane

#complete #complete control #control #done #going

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#begets #ennobling #even #evil #forgetting

I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#characters #dandy #enjoy #i #i think

Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren't looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#because #depend #get #happen #hoping

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#been #extraordinary #extraordinary people #had #i

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#experienced #had #i #i wish #instead

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#life #more #mother #practical

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#best #best part #end #here #i

What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective. ↗