"Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. Thatâ€™s why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, thatâ€™s why they write symphonies.."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Writing Quotes #Views Quotes #Symphony Quotes

“I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.”
“Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the termÂ magic realism, whoever invented itÂ â€“ I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see the world. I think we live in an age where we're just hammered, hammered to think this is what the world is. Television's saying, everything's saying 'That's the world.' And it's not the world. The world is a million possible things.”

Source : "Salman Rushdie Talks with Terry Gilliam". www.believermag.com. March 2003.
“You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.”
“I remember when I first came to America and I saw posters for TV shows and I was like, "What?! Why does a television show deserve space on a billboard?"”

Source : "Jamie Bell Talks Turn, Coming to Television, Physical Challenges, Researching the Historical Setting, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2014.
“Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican adversaries could feel emboldened.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Sanity? Sorry, but I don't remember having such a useless thing in the first place.”
“I support myself. My wife and I together - it's all our household. I'm really proud of that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.”

Source : "In truth" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2007.

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