#scratches

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#belly #frenetic #hair #his #i

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#error #finger #gets #her #locomotive

To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#amuse #chicken #crew #crude #day

Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#lasts #life #sand #scratches