"I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing."

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Source : "Why Author Kathryn Harrison Wants Her Writing to 'Destroy Your Equilibrium'". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.oprah.com. November 2014.

Kathryn Harrison

#Writing Quotes #Work Out Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldn't. Or are you the person that left The Beatles after 'She Loves You,' or 'Drive My Car?' You weren't on board for 'Revolution 9' or 'Day In The Life,' were you?”
“In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead.”
“People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers.”
“Cindy Sheehan is one tough mother and nothing you say or anyone else is gonna slow her down.”
“There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster.”
“Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.”
“In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there.”
“Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dexter Broadhurst". "The Naughty Nineties", 1945.

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