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When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again. ↗

— Richard Russo

#another #assumes #authors #begin #end

The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#both #defence #jobs #lost #ministers

O, had I but followed the arts! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#followed #had #i

You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next. ↗

— Richard Russo

#does #faith #find #happens #how

You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel. ↗

— Richard Russo

#much #novel #over #pains #screenplay

The Bible is God's Word expressed and revealed to his creature, man. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#creature #expressed #god #his #man

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#balance #confirmation #face #friends #i

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#before #bridge #discovering #find #i

I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#afterwards #anybody #because #convinced #family

I don't have my pilot's licence anymore, but I'm still very political. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#i #licence #pilot #political #still