"A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I try to make them real in a certain way, because otherwise people won't read them. It's fine if some readers think of them as real. It's just not the way that I think of them."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Dennis Cooper

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.”
“My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.”
“Only a few people seem to realize that social harmony and peace with nature, between people, and within the individual only can come about when the material and spiritual realms are reconciled.”
“I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing.”
“I am more human than rational.”

Source : Karen Essex (2008). “Stealing Athena: A Novel”, p.336, Anchor
“The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.”
“Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place to meet there is nothing to do.”
“the best of all good friends is pride.”

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