Nupur Tustin > Nupur's Quotes

“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

“All good storytellers are of necessity good writers - even if they may be poorly edited ones. Unfortunately, not all good writers are good storytellers.”
― Nupur Tustin

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
― Mark Twain

“...socialism had somehow made time more flexible. There were often situations when 1 PM and 5 PM were interchangeable.”
― Colin Cotterill, Curse of the Pogo Stick

“She’d have to treat the interview more like risotto than instant rice, adding ingredients gradually while stirring gently.”
― Maya Corrigan, By Cook or by Crook

“Knowing how to tinker with a broken piece of prose until it hums is a source of contentment known by all who have mastered a worthy craft.”
― Carol Fisher Saller, The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago