#rite

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#length #makes #observations #out #talent

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#anything #everything #love #love is #make

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#cat #desk #favorite #i #i am

My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small. ↗

— Alanna Ubach

#being #favorite #feel #feminine #five

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children. ↗

— Mark Udall

#borrowing #children #earth #haven #i

It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#about #brought #circumstances #conditions #criteria

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#doing #enjoy #favorite #good #good story

I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#favorite #favorites #i #movie

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#condition #enlarged #enriches #horizon #human