Ashmun St Quotes & Sayings

Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage- managed by grown-ups and life privately held. — Anna Quindlen

One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm. — Karen Salmansohn

I would give them (aspiring writers) the oldest advice in the craft: Read and write. Read a lot. Read new authors and established ones, read people whose work is in the same vein as yours and those whose genre is totally different. You've heard of chain-smokers. Writers, especially beginners, need to be chain-readers. And lastly, write every day. Write about things that get under your skin and keep you up at night. — Khaled Hosseini

I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way. — Emma Donoghue

Now, if you're rich, you can spend a lot of money, Netherlands-style, and reduce that. But Bangladesh or parts of India, like Calcutta, they just simply won't be able to afford that kind of protection. — Bill Gates

I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things. — Will Smith