You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.


Don Roff

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I am just another insect on the windshield of life.
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Speak low if you speak love.
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Get the job done.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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Hardship makes the world obscure.
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Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity
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The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
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Babies are such a nice way to start people.
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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
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The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
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Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
DON RICKLES
I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first...
DON BAYLOR
I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been...
DON JOHNSON
I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits....
DON KING
Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through ...
DON KARDONG
I'm an ardent American Football fan.
DON KING
I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in b...
DON CHEADLE
I started out on photography accidentally. A policeman came to a stop at the end of my street, and a...
DON MCCULLIN