"We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.”
“To Forget Venice is a tour de force of ventriloquism. Elegant, contemporary, and wry, the voice at its center is also capable of disarming flights of imagination as it enters and inhabits other lives across time and gender. The glittering, fetid city emerges as a complex metaphor for the human heart’s simultaneous tenderness and capacity for cruelty, its ‘silver glow / a local specialty: filth / disguised as ornament.’ This Venice is unforgettable.”
“The first state an actor experiences onstage is the one he just experienced in life. One needs great courage not to portray this experience. One must surrender entirely to the power of one s artistic nature. It will do all the necessary things. Do not impose any solution upon yourself in advance. The quality to develop in an actor is courage.”
“Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.”
“Why is your heart racing Tris?”
“The difference between a drunk and a alcoholic is that a drunk doesn't have to attend all those meetings.”
“If I were to read about me purely on Twitter, I wouldnâ€™t know what to make of me.”
“The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.”

Source : Angus Wilson (1963). “The Wild Garden: Or, Speaking of Writing”, p.149, Univ of California Press

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