#tin

A lot of my friends are struggling musicians. Being a struggling actor, it's just frustrating because you're not allowed to do what you want to do. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#allowed #because #being #friends #frustrating

When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#writers-on-writing

It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along. ↗

— Jami Gertz

#along #around #based #coming #family

The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions. ↗

— Mark Strand

#many #much #number #people #poems

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#writers-on-writing

I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct. ↗

— Greta Gerwig

#done #had #i #instinct #never

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#accepted #because #been #considered #country

But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#administration #american #american administration #believe #consideration

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#dress-up #like #playing #really #silly

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. ↗

— Stephen King

#norms #politeness #reading #society #writing