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MY SELF Quotes: "I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that."

I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.



MY SELF Quotes: "I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living."

I do have a fantasy life in which I can grout bathrooms - but not for a living.




MY SELF Quotes: "As the render is to the building, and the blueprint to the machine, so sport is to social existence."

As the render is to the building, and the blueprint to the machine, so sport is to social existence.



MY SELF Quotes: "As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production."

As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.




MY SELF Quotes: "A party full of 'likeable' people doesn't bear contemplating."

A party full of 'likeable' people doesn't bear contemplating.



MY SELF Quotes: "As for critical writing about modernism, its moments of lucidity are but fulgurations illuminating the dark and incomprehensible landscape of its subject's unabashed difficulty."

As for critical writing about modernism, its moments of lucidity are but fulgurations illuminating the dark and incomprehensible landscape of its subject's unabashed difficulty.



MY SELF Quotes: "Always carry a notebook. And I mean always."

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always.




MY SELF Quotes: "A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself."

A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.



MY SELF Quotes: "People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction."

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.



MY SELF Quotes: "The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period."

The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period.



MY SELF Quotes: "The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper."

The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper.



MY SELF Quotes: "As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification."

As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.




MY SELF Quotes: "Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books."

Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books.



MY SELF Quotes: "As a bookish adolescent, I sopped up texts as if I were blotting paper and they were fluid."

As a bookish adolescent, I sopped up texts as if I were blotting paper and they were fluid.



MY SELF Quotes: "I think in retrospect that all those 'alternative'modes of living were little more than exercises in arrested development."

I think in retrospect that all those 'alternative'modes of living were little more than exercises in arrested development.



MY SELF Quotes: "Lives don't divide up into chapters. People don't just talk, while nothing's going on in their head, and then respond. You know, none of these things actually happen."

Lives don't divide up into chapters. People don't just talk, while nothing's going on in their head, and then respond. You know, none of these things actually happen.



MY SELF Quotes: "Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future."

Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future.



MY SELF Quotes: "Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world."

Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world.



MY SELF Quotes: "I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me."

I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me.



MY SELF Quotes: "Once the working classes were in chains, now they're in chain restaurants."

Once the working classes were in chains, now they're in chain restaurants.



MY SELF Quotes: "Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator."

Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator.



MY SELF Quotes: "Why is Mr Universe always from Earth?"

Why is Mr Universe always from Earth?



MY SELF Quotes: "I didn’t know that the times we spent together on the weekends, the times that we laughed together, and the times you helped me out was your way of silently wishing me a beautiful goodbye."

I didn’t know that the times we spent together on the weekends, the times that we laughed together, and the times you helped me out was your way of silently wishing me a beautiful goodbye.




MY SELF Quotes: "It has been my experience that, even when a man has a sense of humor, it only really carries him to the point where he will join in a laugh at the expense of the other fellow."

It has been my experience that, even when a man has a sense of humor, it only really carries him to the point where he will join in a laugh at the expense of the other fellow.



MY SELF Quotes: "There’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he’s chosen the wrong business is to let him try it."

There’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he’s chosen the wrong business is to let him try it.



MY SELF Quotes: "I want to say right here that the easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends."

I want to say right here that the easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.



MY SELF Quotes: "But some people, and especially very young people, don’t think anything’s worth believing unless it’s hard to believe."

But some people, and especially very young people, don’t think anything’s worth believing unless it’s hard to believe.



MY SELF Quotes: "I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life."

I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.



MY SELF Quotes: "What I must do is all that concerns me, "

What I must do is all that concerns me,



MY SELF Quotes: "You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel."

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.



MY SELF Quotes: "With nowhere to go, we have everywhere else to go."

With nowhere to go, we have everywhere else to go.



MY SELF Quotes: "All is contained within the silence of death, the quietest and the loudest sound in the universe."

All is contained within the silence of death, the quietest and the loudest sound in the universe.



MY SELF Quotes: "If you want to be free of the wars of the world, begin by resolving the wars within you. If you want to see the world at peace, create peace within your mind."

If you want to be free of the wars of the world, begin by resolving the wars within you. If you want to see the world at peace, create peace within your mind.



MY SELF Quotes: "The universe and the law of attraction speak a language that knows no words, only discerning your intent through sacrifice and what you are willing to give up."

The universe and the law of attraction speak a language that knows no words, only discerning your intent through sacrifice and what you are willing to give up.



MY SELF Quotes: "Love was never meant to be contained solely in our hearts, just as life in a seed was always meant to break through into the world and become beauty to be shared."

Love was never meant to be contained solely in our hearts, just as life in a seed was always meant to break through into the world and become beauty to be shared.



MY SELF Quotes: "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.



MY SELF Quotes: "The student is to read history actively not passively."

The student is to read history actively not passively.



MY SELF Quotes: "Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today."

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it today because it is not of today.



MY SELF Quotes: "A mind might ponder its thought for ages, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day."

A mind might ponder its thought for ages, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day.



MY SELF Quotes: "As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn’t feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such."

As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn’t feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such.



MY SELF Quotes: "Currently, there is no cure for MS, but there are treatments that modify disease activity, slow the course of the disease, and alleviate its effects."

Currently, there is no cure for MS, but there are treatments that modify disease activity, slow the course of the disease, and alleviate its effects.



MY SELF Quotes: "At the end of the day it’s not ‘what looks good’ that matters, it’s ‘what feels’ good."

At the end of the day it’s not ‘what looks good’ that matters, it’s ‘what feels’ good.



MY SELF Quotes: "Revolutionary moments often seem to occur in history when large numbers of individuals have a change in consciousness, regarding themselves and their status"

Revolutionary moments often seem to occur in history when large numbers of individuals have a change in consciousness, regarding themselves and their status



MY SELF Quotes: "To experience positive/healthy emotions you don’t need a big house or a nice car or a managerial job or a million dollar in your bank."

To experience positive/healthy emotions you don’t need a big house or a nice car or a managerial job or a million dollar in your bank.



MY SELF Quotes: "She toyed around with his smiles and emotions, till they actually turned plastic. And then, She changed the toy…"

She toyed around with his smiles and emotions, till they actually turned plastic. And then, She changed the toy…




MY SELF Quotes: "If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth…"

If you assume that it is there, you will generally not be far off the truth…



MY SELF Quotes: "Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening."

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it from happening.