Mijick Quotes & Sayings

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. — Arthur Lydiard

The sun shone into her mouth as into a tulip, and lent it a similar scarlet fire. — Thomas Hardy

Frosting was his favorite. He liked to eat doughnuts at every meal. Because it was healthier to eat six small meals a day than three large ones, he restricted himself: jellied for breakfast, glazed for brunch, cream-filled for lunch, frosting for linner, chocolate for dinner, and powdered sugar for 2 a.m. supermarket stakeout. Because linner coincided with the daily crime peak, he always ate his favorite variety to ease him. Frosting was his only choice now, and upsetting his routine was a quiet thrill. — Benson Bruno

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random. — Ken Robinson

You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous. — Ruth Rendell

Not until you finally try to put down the stuff do you realize, with stinging clarity, precisely why you picked it up in the first place. All life, in this freshly nerve-flayed state, boils down to a choice of hells. The hell of being fucked-up on drugs or the hell of being fucked-up without them. — Jerry Stahl