"The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax."

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Source : 1963 In Think, Feb.

Alfred Kazin

#Writing Quotes #Order Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to win and someone is going to lose.”
“I sing and play guitar in the band 'Marcy Playground'.”
“if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.”
“It's a peculiar thing about liberals. When it comes to middle-class people who are fully capable of caring for themselves, liberals seek to undermine their independence in every way possible. With seductive 'entitlements' like guaranteed retirement, health care, nutrition, education, and jobs, liberals attempt to lure the middle class into dependence on the state. But when it comes to those who are truly incompetent, those whose mental afflictions render them unable to manage their lives at all, liberals are suddenly transformed into absolutists for personal autonomy.”
“Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble.”
“Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.”
“Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.”
“No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later.”

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