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"This is why you use imagery when writing about sex, it's a means both of evoking immediacy and of distilling emotion."
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"Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all."
"We often forget to draw a new picture because we are so busy criticizing other paintings."
"A beautiful poem is nothing but a mirror of philosophy through which we can see life's pure beauty."
"Poets create a beautiful blue sky where you can fly with wings of imagination and find yourself again and again."
"The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
"Literature tries to express the intricate inner beauties of life. Philosophy tries to explain the intricate inner beauties and conflicts of thoughts."
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"So now it's space and time," he said. "You ever watch Doctor Who on PBS?""All the time," she said dryly, "on the BBC. And don't think I wouldn't sell my soul for a TARDIS."
"Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk."
"This is why you use imagery when writing about sex, it's a means both of evoking immediacy and of distilling emotion."
"To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live."
"It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch."
"Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades."
"After all, I thought, what were days and weeks in the presence of eternity?"
"When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up."
"That's the best thing I can think of. Having a good hold on your arse always makes me feel steady."
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