"I'm not a very savvy operator - it's not who I am, it's not what I do - and so I have to go at things in ways that suit me. I just write what I write and the stuff finds its vagrant way in the world, somehow. The venues appear; the work always finds a home, eventually."

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Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.

Charles D'Ambrosio

#Home Quotes #Writing Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.”
“I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role.”
“When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'”
“Science is an investigation," Coach said, sanding his hands together. "Science requires us to transform into spies." Put that way, science almost sounded fun. But I'd been in Coach's class long enough not to get my hopes up.”
“Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.”

Source : Jim Cymbala (2008). “Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire”, p.146, Zondervan
“. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns are, what their obsessions are, and what interests them.”
“I would love to use the tools and technology to create a completely different reality with its own rules. And in doing so, create something that incorporates the ethical component more deeply into the experience.”

Source : "What People Who Make Video Games Think Of Westworld". Interview with Evan Narcisse, www.gizmodo.com.au. November 11, 2016.
“I like to reminisce with people I don't know.”

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