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Quote by Margaret Maron

“I get very cranky when interrupted. I snap at people, sigh dramatically and slam my door shut.”

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Margaret Maron is an American writer known for her mystery novels, which often feature legal and judicial settings, blending suspense with emotional depth. more

“I don't understand writers who feel they shouldn't have to do any of the ordinary things of life, because I think that this is necessary: one has to keep in touch with that... The ordinary action of taking a dress down to the dry cleaner's or spraying some plants infected with greenfly is a very sane and good thing to do. It brings one back, so to speak. It also brings the world back.”

Thinking World Feels Action Speak Ordinary Dresses Good Things Plant Things To Do Dry Sane Cleaners Ordinary Things Dry Cleaners

Author:Nadine Gordimer

“It's beginnings that are hard. I always begin with a great sense of dread and trepidation. Nietzsche says that the decision to start writing is like leaping into a cold lake.”

Writing Hard Decision Cold Lakes Dread Trepidation

Author:Susan Sontag

“When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.”

Lost Powerful Weapons Charm Most Powerful Blushing Powerful Weapons

Author:Elizabeth Taylor

“Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.”

Eye Materials

Author:Sophia Loren

“Beauty is not the cause of something, it is what it is.”

Causes It Is What It Is

Author:Emily Dickinson

“The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.”

I Can Seems Audience Veils Hazy

Author:Park Chan-wook

“The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.”

Artist Painting

Author:Leon Battista Alberti

“Since mechanically obtained randomness contains all kinds of possible permutations, including the most regular ones, it cannot be relied upon always to exhibit a pervasive irregularity.”

Kind Including All Kinds Exhibits Randomness Irregularity

Book:Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order

Source: Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order

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