"To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough."

-- Peter Abrahams

#Real Quotes #Nice Quotes #People Quotes

“I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.”

Source : "Character: Police Captain". "Where the Boys Are", www.imdb.com. 1960.
“I try to live life so that I can live with myself.”
“They hold their great balls in the open air, in what is called a fairy-ring. For weeks afterward you can see the ring on the grass. It is not there when they begin, but they make it by waltzing round and round. Sometimes you will find mushrooms inside the ring, and these are fairy chairs that the servants have forgotten to clear away. The chairs and the rings are the only tell-tale marks these little people leave behind them, and they would remove even these were they not so fond of dancing that they toe it till the very moment of the opening of the gates.”
“My art practice eventually arrived at a point where I had freedom from various limiting conditions; the institutional mindset is not airtight and isn't altogether ideologically programmed. There are ways of escaping.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“To justify an unorthodox life by writing about it is to re-inscribe the original violation, to re-violate masculine turf.”
“No-fault guilt: This is when, instead of trying to figure out who's to blame, everyone pays.”
“I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I just want to make something that I love and people will respect.”

Source : Interview with Kaleem Aftab, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 6, 2009.

You may also like:

AndrÃ© Brink
Novelist
Ayi Kwei Armah
Writer
Bessie Head
Writer
David Levithan
Author
Gene Luen Yang
Writer
Lewis Nkosi
Writer
Libba Bray
Writer
Patricia McCormick
Journalist
Sarah Weeks
Writer