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“I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings.”
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“Denial is pushing something out of your awareness. Anything you hide in the basement has a way of burrowing under the house and showing up on the front lawn.”
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“Forgiveness is better than revenge.”
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“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”
Source : "This Is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock". Book by Randi Reisfeld, May 1, 1996.
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“You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.”
Source : John Fante (2014). “The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill”, p.500, Canongate Books
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“Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'”
Source : "Nathan Fillion Reveals Why He's Hooked on Books" by David Hochman, parade.com. June 8, 2012.
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“Fiction writing feels more honest to me.”
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“Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.”
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“Travel light. She extended her arms to embrace her house, maybe the whole world.”
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“Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace.”