"The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it and vested in it. So the emotional connection is everything, albeit a connection on my terms."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

#Emotional Quotes #Connections Quotes #Stories Quotes

“It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.”
“I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.”
“It's funny when you start writing an album and then recording - the songs begin to take on a spirit of their own. Once you start to perform it live, this happens even more so than in the studio. They really start to develop a personality that takes shape over time with the audience.”
“Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.”
“The Cross is not responsible for God's love; rather it was His love that conceived the Cross.”
“We are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups.”
“Maybe I was a little jealous or envious of the abstract painters - but the truth was I thought what they were doing was boring.”

Source : Larry Rivers, Marlborough Gallery (2005). “Larry Rivers: paintings and drawings: 1951-2001 ; May 3-June 4, 2005”, Marlborough Gallery
“People are so nice to each other on holidays...especially at Christmas. Why don't people beat up each other at Christmas? Now that would be fun!”

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