"I'm not a poet, but I was in the poetry program. And I'm also not much of a nonfiction writer, at least not in the standard sense of nonfiction, nor especially in the way we were thinking about nonfiction back then, in the late 90s."

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John D'Agata

#Thinking Quotes #Way Quotes #Nonfiction Quotes

“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.”
“People have wanted to narrate since first we banged rocks together & wondered about fire. Thereâ€™ll be tellings as long as there are any of us here, until the stars disappear one by one like turned-out lights.”
“The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.”
“Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.”
“We can teach children about natural consequences and cause and effect of their relationships which is really a mirror of what happens in nature.”

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“The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is different from my interpretations of the problem.”
“Our very genesis was not really a beginning after all, but indeed the product of a personality-Father Mills.”
“Everyone with an iPhone is a journalist in their own way now, especially because we live in a tabloid culture.”

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