#ss

There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes. ↗

— William Trevor

#author #autobiography #based #case #distress

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style. ↗

— James Gunn

#appropriate #beyond #discover #else #find

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. ↗

— David Guterson

#being #book #challenged #did #expectation

When I was in college, there were a couple years there where I was just not sure what to do, and it was actually my mom who suggested I take some journalism classes. ↗

— Savannah Guthrie

#classes #college #couple #i #journalism

Edge will be missed. It was an honor to share the ring with him, and compete against him. ↗

— Charlie Haas

#compete #edge #him #honor #missed

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#get #lower #out #people #rung

God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit. ↗

— John Haggai

#any #bless #christ #concerned #declared

You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#all things #around #bean #business #counters

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society. ↗

— William Hague

#conservative #conservative government #government #mission #next

If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess. ↗

— Jessica Hahn

#any #cared #her #how #i