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John Quotes: "I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or Impressionism or whatever."

I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or Impressionism or whatever.



John Quotes: "I always felt like I was right out of Dickens, looking in the window of the Christmas feast, but not at the feast."

I always felt like I was right out of Dickens, looking in the window of the Christmas feast, but not at the feast.




John Quotes: "A lot of ideas don't translate very well into art. To say, "Oh my god, the grass is green ..." You're going to end up with a big green painting."

A lot of ideas don't translate very well into art. To say, "Oh my god, the grass is green ..." You're going to end up with a big green painting.



John Quotes: "Communication comes with practice. As a leader you must speak the truth; listen for understanding; and learn from what you hear and do not hear."

Communication comes with practice. As a leader you must speak the truth; listen for understanding; and learn from what you hear and do not hear.




John Quotes: "Leadership is the behavior each of us exerts when we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences."

Leadership is the behavior each of us exerts when we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.



John Quotes: "Focusing on one's own purpose is a matter of considering what you want to do, why you want to do it, and how you will do it. Easy questions, but they do provide deep thought."

Focusing on one's own purpose is a matter of considering what you want to do, why you want to do it, and how you will do it. Easy questions, but they do provide deep thought.



John Quotes: "Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals."

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.




John Quotes: "Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty."

Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty.



John Quotes: "Contentment is a pearl of great price"

Contentment is a pearl of great price



John Quotes: "I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory."

I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.



John Quotes: "I dont know if there is a personal identity. We all imagine that we are absolute individuals. But when we begin to look for where this individuality resides, its very difficult to find."

I dont know if there is a personal identity. We all imagine that we are absolute individuals. But when we begin to look for where this individuality resides, its very difficult to find.



John Quotes: "What is money, after all? Almost nothing, when one has a sufficiency of it."

What is money, after all? Almost nothing, when one has a sufficiency of it.




John Quotes: "I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist."

I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.



John Quotes: "Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning."

Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning.



John Quotes: "Where I went, no one could follow. Yet someone managed to hold my hand."

Where I went, no one could follow. Yet someone managed to hold my hand.



John Quotes: "Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher."

Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher.



John Quotes: "I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right."

I have this fantasy. I'm walking past a bookshop and I click my fingers and all my books go blank. So I can start again and get it right.



John Quotes: "Life is tragic but it's equally comic."

Life is tragic but it's equally comic.



John Quotes: "That's one of the many things I hate about life, that it's a hideously cliched business."

That's one of the many things I hate about life, that it's a hideously cliched business.



John Quotes: "No two things the same, the equals sign a scandal."

No two things the same, the equals sign a scandal.



John Quotes: "And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world's shrugs of indifference."

And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world's shrugs of indifference.



John Quotes: "We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past."

We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past.



John Quotes: "When I finish a sentence, after much labor, it's finished. A certain point comes at which you can't do any more work on it because you know it will kill the sentence."

When I finish a sentence, after much labor, it's finished. A certain point comes at which you can't do any more work on it because you know it will kill the sentence.



John Quotes: "I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant."

I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.



John Quotes: "I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people."

I don't make a distinction between men and women. To me they are just people.



John Quotes: "The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization."

The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization.



John Quotes: "I think I'm less the writer than I'm the written."

I think I'm less the writer than I'm the written.



John Quotes: "If they give me the bloody prize, why can't they say nice things about me?"

If they give me the bloody prize, why can't they say nice things about me?



John Quotes: "All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside of myself."

All a work of art can do is present the surface. I can't know the insides of people. I know very little about the inside of myself.



John Quotes: "I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects."

I don't own a Kindle, no. I love books, they are beautiful objects.



John Quotes: "I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them."

I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them.



John Quotes: "In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high."

In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high.



John Quotes: "It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature."

It's great people still care about books, and it's great you can still fashion a life from literature.



John Quotes: "We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it."

We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.



John Quotes: "The trouble with you, Vic," he said, "is that you think of the world as a sort of huge museum with too many visitors allowed in."

The trouble with you, Vic," he said, "is that you think of the world as a sort of huge museum with too many visitors allowed in.



John Quotes: "I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part."

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.



John Quotes: "The novel is resilient, and so are novelists."

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.



John Quotes: "The white May blossom swooned slowly into the open mouth of the grave."

The white May blossom swooned slowly into the open mouth of the grave.



John Quotes: "Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters."

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.



John Quotes: "Enormous morning, ponderous, meticulous; gray light streaking each bare branch, each single twig, along one side, making another tree, of glassy veins."

Enormous morning, ponderous, meticulous; gray light streaking each bare branch, each single twig, along one side, making another tree, of glassy veins.



John Quotes: "The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be."

The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.



John Quotes: "Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart."

Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart.



John Quotes: "...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left"

...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left



John Quotes: "I am the worst judge of my books."

I am the worst judge of my books.



John Quotes: "I think everyone always has time to suffer."

I think everyone always has time to suffer.



John Quotes: "If you look at the last decade of global temperature, it's not increasing."

If you look at the last decade of global temperature, it's not increasing.



John Quotes: "Marti wasn't the type to give up without a fight, especially not if she was very afraid - some people are like that. They lean into the fear."

Marti wasn't the type to give up without a fight, especially not if she was very afraid - some people are like that. They lean into the fear.



John Quotes: "I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to."

I’ve been thinking,” he said. “Which is not an easy thing for a teacher to admit to.



John Quotes: "There's a rule or something that if a girl can crack you up, you have to do what she says."

There's a rule or something that if a girl can crack you up, you have to do what she says.