Mingers Quotes & Sayings

Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing. — Vikram Seth

She went crazy with a calm face,
justifiably so. — Douglas Coupland

All dramatic realism is somewhat sadistic; an audience is persuaded to watch something that makes it uncomfortable and from which no relief is offered - no laughter, no tears, no purgation. — Mary McCarthy

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right. — Francisco Costa

If you're going to have 19 children, you should supervise them well. — Keith Ablow

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs. — H. Rap Brown

I suppose it's why I usually loved to get lost in a good romance novel, because it would let me escape into the fantasy that I hoped to make come true one day. -Kate, Zack — Sawyer Bennett

People do not become wealthy by treating one another or the world kindly and with respect. — Wendell Berry

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat. — Norman Schwarzkopf

Peer pressure!'
'Alvin son, you are the only virgin we know...'
'Nae mingers for me,' I emote, waving a Shakespearean finger. 'When this shagger starts, it will be with the finest creation on God's earth'
'Tyra's probably gettin a ride at the back of the Maniqui right now,' Frankie mutters, 'Brian's probably fuckin shagged her already!'
Brian turns to him, snappily. 'Whit ye tryin to say?'
'Brian, you cannae get it up unless yer surrounded by bin-bags — Alan Bissett

I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind. — Marjorie M. Liu

The allegory of blood. — Anonymous