Gravelless Sewer Quotes

#1. The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs to do. Writers, living or dead, still guide me in many ways.

Sandra Cisneros

#2. I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I get input from other people.

Diablo Cody

#3. Some weeks there's no writing, and some weeks are full of writing.

Ann Packer

#4. In frank expression of conflicting opinion lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action; and in suppression lies ordinarily the greatest peril.

Louis Brandeis

#5. Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

Dalai Lama

#6. I like ostriches. There's a certain depth to their gaze," he mused quietly.

Camilla Monk

#7. When water isn't rippled, it is naturally still. When a mirror isn't clouded, it is clear of itself. So the mind is not to be cleared; get rid of what muddles it, and its clarity will spontaneously appear. Pleasure need not be sought; get rid of what pains you, and pleasure is naturally there.

Zicheng Hong