"I'm asking the reader to suspend reality with me and entertain the idea that the person writing is not me. In order to do that well, I think, one needs to point out the artifice of the narrative. Somehow if the narrator is self-aware then it's almost more humanizing and more relatable."

-- Ottessa Moshfegh

#Writing Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.”
“I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.”
“It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.”
“And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.”

Source : "Why Victoria Beckham Admits She Was Once 'a Bit of a Laughingstock'" by Fawnia Soo Hoo, www.glamour.com. April 25, 2014.
“Atheism is a disease of the mind caused by eating underdone philosophy”
“I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage.”
“I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.”
“The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.”

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