Batoverlord4 Quotes & Sayings

Pace is crucial. Fine writing isn't enough. Writing students can be great at producing a single page of well-crafted prose; what they sometimes lack is the ability to take the reader on a journey, with all the changes of terrain, speed and mood that a long journey involves. Again, I find that looking at films can help. Most novels will want to move close, linger, move back, move on, in pretty cinematic ways. — Rose Tremain

If you can put your five fingers throught it, it is a gate, if not a door. — James Joyce

You think all teenagers care about are musicians and movie stars?
Spend some time in Wisconsin.
We'll blow your socks off. — Joan Bauer

There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss. — Pat Conroy

I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything. — Patton Oswalt

The future of Africa lies not with external actors but within Africa itself. The future of Africa lies here in Africa. — Paul Boateng

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it. — Henry David Thoreau

Never accept other people's limited perceptions of you. Define yourself. You can do anything. — Jeanette Jenkins