Slevinis Quotes & Sayings

I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party. — Zoe Heller

Stange how nearsighted being invisible can make you" - said Dumbledore — J.K. Rowling

We are not at the bargaining table in agreement to end abuse to our world. We are on the battlefield deciding everyday if we will let this world die or live, by how we contribute to its treatment. — Shannon L. Alder

There is no indispensable man. — Woodrow Wilson

It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process. — David Souter

Love gives without taking — Erica Jong

There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon them on account of their birth in the country, or that they will be judged by any different rule, on the subject of treason, than persons of foreign birth. — Lysander Spooner

Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind. — Marcus Aurelius

Diarrhoea is the reason you can have a malnourished child in a well-fed family. — Rose George

The past is solid, the future is liquid. — Jean-Louis Aubert

I read daily, not so much for the benefit of my writing, but because I am addicted to it. There is nothing in the world for me that compares to being lost in a really good novel. That said, reading is an absolute must if you want to write. It is a trite enough thing to say, but very true nonetheless. I cannot understand aspiring writers who email me for advice and freely admit that they read very little. I have learned something from every writer I have ever read. Sometimes I have done so consciously, picking up something about how to frame a scene, or seeing a new possibility with regards to structure, or interesting ways to write dialogue. Other times, I think, my collective reading experience affects my sensibilities and informs me in ways that I am not quite aware of, but in real ways that impact how I approach writing. The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to read — Khaled Hosseini