"I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper."

--

Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

Julien Green

#Ink And Paper Quotes #Littles Quotes #Equilibrium Quotes

“Enough. Sudden enough. Sudden all far. No move and sudden all far. All least. Three pins. One pinhole. In dimmost dim. Vasts apart. At bounds of boundless void. Whence no farther. Best worse no farther. Nohow less. Nohow worse. Nohow naught. Nohow on.”
“Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.”
“I dont hate L.A. There's a very beautiful side to it; it's scenic, and I can go horse riding.”
“So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all the rest are flown, Returns a solitary tone,Â— The after-echo of departed years,Â— And touches all the soul to tears.”
“I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down to write and usually, I hit that, though it can take anywhere from 3-7 hours to get there. I usually know the basics of where the story is going, but the specifics just sort of come to me as I write.”
“It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.”
“I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.”
“Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis cannot stand; faith is the foundation, and every good action is as a stone laid.”

You may also like:

Andre Gide
Author
Charles Peguy
Poet
Francois Mauriac
Author
Georges Bernanos
Author
Graham Greene
Writer
Henry de Montherlant
Essayist
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
Leon Bloy
Novelist
Malcolm Lowry
Poet