"I base everything on my own life experiences as a female. I start from there, and then I look for characters and settings that I think are cinematic, where I can use symbols and imagery to tell a story."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Anna Biller

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The compelling thing about making artâ€”or making anything, I supposeâ€”is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance in a world of substances. Circe, Nimbue, Artemis, Athena, all the old sorceresses: they must have known the feeling as they transformed mere men into fabulous creatures, stole the secrets of the magicians, disposed armies: ah, look, there it is, the new thing. Call it a swine, a war, a laurel tree. Call it art.”
“The painter’s instrument is his armchair.”
“What one can be, one must be!”
“Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.”
“People who love each other can no more keep from communicating than from breathing. â€”Elana”
“Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.”

Source : "Anything but a kept woman" by Neasa MacErlean, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2001.
“Look...it's empty...as empty as a politician's promise!”
“it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS.”

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