“My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.” FatherNovelistsScreenwriters Author:Sadie Jones
“If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.” IfsThinkingWritingI CanMight Author:Sadie Jones
“I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like taking your work home with you, so you can feel grounded in your own insane writerly realities wherever you are.” NeedsFeelsWritingHomeRealityJoyMaterialsTrainInsaneGroundedLaptopsWherever You Are Author:Sadie Jones
“Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.” WaterFishesSwimFrogs Book:Your Republic Is Calling You Source: Your Republic Is Calling You
“When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?” SunMoonBirdEclipseSolar Eclipse Author:Young-Ha Kim
“Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.” FirstsStatesNationsUnitedPowerfulFictionUnited StatesTeachingBuildingToolsIraqAfghanistanVietnamInitialsVery PowerfulPhilippinesNation BuildingTeaching History Author:Miguel Syjuco
“I have to believe that literature can effect change; otherwise, I would have no purpose in my life and would have wasted four years on Ilustrado.” YearsBelievePurposeLiteratureFourEffectsFour Years Author:Miguel Syjuco
“I dont see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a labourer, a maid or a prostitute.” DifferentOpportunityGoneNurseMaidsFilipinoLabourers Author:Miguel Syjuco
“Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.” HumansDreamHuman Nature Author:Youssef Ziedan