"Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life."

-- Donald Barthelme

#Giving Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Said Quotes

“There are few states, I suppose, which exact so severe a toll from one's nervous system as the anticipation of calamity.”
“The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decisions that cannot be made effective, and in not making decisions that others should make.”

Source : "Administration" by Albert Lepawsky, (p. 626), 1949.
“... I looked through the car's rear window for a final wave, and it felt like someone had invaded my chest and squeezed all the juice out of my heart until it was a tiny dry sponge.”
“The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same one at the same moment!”
“Dreams are life, real life, not simply reflections. Dreams are honest.”

Source : Tim Lebbon (2003). “Face”, Dorchester Publishing Company Incorporated
“When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You've just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan [Freeman] says, it's a pat on the back, so great you'll take it and then move on.”
“I really wanted to maintain that bedroom philosophy to creating stuff. I don't believe the hype; I think a great record is because I put a lot of love into it. If people are feeling it, that's fantastic.”
“It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.”

You may also like:

David Foster Wallace
Novelist
Donald Antrim
Novelist
Frederick Barthelme
Novelist
George Saunders
Writer
John Barth
Novelist
Robert Coover
Author
Thomas Pynchon
Novelist
William Gaddis
Novelist
William H. Gass
Novelist