Masayuki Izumi Quotes & Sayings

I kept going back while I was writing the novel - which never sold, may it rest in peace - and by the time it was finished I had too many connections to Haiti to walk away. — Ben Fountain

I'll get to the oval three hours beforehand and warm up for about 45 minutes off the ice. Then I'll stretch and get on the ice for 20 minutes. I'll cool down, then relax, close my eyes and think about what I need to do. — Brittany Bowe

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. — Thomas Carlyle

And I rose
In rainy autumn
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days ... — Dylan Thomas

The ... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to record, and of course the mechanics of the medium ... I say that chance enters into all branches of art: a chance word or phrase starts a new trend of thought in a writer, a chance sound may bring a new melody to a musician, a chance combination of lines, new composition to a painter ... Chance - which in reality is not chance - but being ready, attuned to one's surroundings - and grasp my opportunity ... — Edward Weston

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative. — George W. Bush