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Quote by Anne Tyler

“When I'm working on something, I proceed as if no one else will ever read it.”

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Anne Tyler is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on October 25, 1941. Her works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and unique narrative style, and she has won numerous American literary awards. more

“[on the screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally"] It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know, it just might work.”

Knows Might Half Century Lucky Optimism Thirds Notes Following Eras Movie Warning Quarters Weekend Entering Cautious Happily Ever After Ever After Half A Century

Author:Nora Ephron

“There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.”

Feelings Seems Nature Natural

Author:Isaac Asimov

“We all know we fall. Newton's discovery was that the moon falls, too-and by the same rule that we do.”

Knows Science Fall Moon Discovery Newton

Author:Isaac Asimov

“Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.”

Ifs Wells Children Science Conditions Lifelong Antipathy

Author:Isaac Asimov

“At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. When you begin to approach the speed of light, hydrogen atoms become cosmic-ray particles, and they will fry the crew. ...So 60,000 kilometers per second may be the practical speed limit for space travel.”

“Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.”

Ends Lasts Poetry Fall Lines Goes On Prose Poetry Is

Author:Jeremy Bentham

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