"I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions."

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Source : "Imre Kertész speaks to Himself". www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2013.

Imre KertÃ©sz

#Raw Materials Quotes #Looks Quotes #Way Quotes

“I follow my nose. Itâ€™s as simple as that.”
“Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.”
“To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs). So that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.”
“most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.”

Source : Ernst Mayr (1982). “The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance”, p.6, Harvard University Press
“What's good for the United States is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what's good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States.”
“I think that ultimately when life is not tragedy it should be a party and if you've faced the real stuff, if you've faced the ones closest to you being at death's door, passing on, you know, not to let the small stuff really harsh your mellow, as you put it.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Apple Stores Offer the Best Buying Experience and Customer Service On The Planet”
“For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.”

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