Odea Mumbo Quotes & Sayings

A character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it is the basic structure of a good story. — Donald Miller

You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist. — Anton Chekhov

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and there are so many ways for writing to be done. — William, Saroyan

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any, all suffer. — John Polanyi

Now this is the first rule of fight club: There is nothing a blue collar Nobody in Oregon with a public school education can imagine that a million-billion people haven't already done ... — Chuck Palahniuk

Happiness in marriage is a choice you have to make: fight for, protect, pursue. It doesn't happen to you, you make it happen. — Ngina Otiende

Eternity ended ten years ago. — Brandon Sanderson

A living man must have a living God, or his soul will perish in the midst of earthly plenty, and will thirst and die whilst the water of earthly delights is running all around him. We are made to need persons not things. — Alexander MacLaren

We learn that those around us are an extension of ourselves, both animate and inanimate. All things have a life and form. We learn to love them all. — Frederick Lenz