"A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there."

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Source : Romain Gary (1968). “The Dance of Genghis Cohn”, New American Library of Canada

Romain Gary

#World Quotes #Matter Quotes #Facts Quotes

“To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.”
“We need prefab housing, we need to repair what can be repaired. We have appealed to the whole world to ship tents and blankets to Pakistan.”
“The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do.”
“When you're single again, at the beginning you're very optimistic and you say, 'I want to meet someone who's really smart, really sweet, really sensitive.' And six months later you're like, 'Lord, any mammal with a day job.”
“In my perfect world order, it is cold all the time. Everyone wears sweaters and drinks coffee. People don't speak to each other; they read the newspaper. There is no loud music, and cats are in charge.”

Source : Michael Showalter (2011). “Mr. Funny Pants”, p.117, Hachette UK
“Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural.”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com
“I wasn't put on this earth to be housekeeper to my own child or to anyone else for that matter.”
“The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.”

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