"I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail."

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Source : Source: www.percontra.net

Sefi Atta

#Space Quotes #Stories Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“She'll understand what I already know - that death surrounds us all. And it tastes like metal between your teeth.”
“Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.”
“I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.”
“The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be.”
“Till the Future dares Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be An echo and a light unto eternity!”
“If you want to know a country, read its writers.”

Source : "Survival instincts" by Aminatta Forna, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.
“I am tired to death! tired of every thing! I would give the universe for a disposition less difficult to please. Yet, after all, what is there to give pleasure? When one has seen one thing, one has seen every thing.”

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