"The "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others" essay was so hard to write because of the memories, the sensory stuff, but also because it didn't follow the form of any essay that I've ever read. And the truth that I was exploring necessitated that obliteration of traditional form, I think."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Kiese Laymon

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.”

Source : The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 17, 2012.
“Sentimental poetry differs from naive poetry in that it relates the real state at which the latter stops to ideas and applies ideas to that reality.”
“Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man; but it is the enemy of greatness”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.”
“Cancer is just a word that creates fear. Forget about that word, and let's just focus on balancing your body. All illnesses are just symptoms of imbalance. No illness can remain when your entire system is in balance.”
“... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.”
“The message behind the words is the voice of the heart.”
“A lot of that worked itself out in the recording.”

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