"I have stopped being a misanthrope."

-- Irving Layton

#Misanthrope Quotes

“Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America.”
“I heard that women are attracted to bad boys, so every once in a while, I throw a recyclable into the regular garbage.”
“Donâ€™t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When youâ€™re good, bad things can still happen. And if youâ€™re bad, you can still be lucky.”
“Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky.”
“I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my own life. I walk through life with my camera, and occasionally I film. I never think about scripts, never think about films, making films.”
“Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.”
“I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.”
“The purpose of fiction is to combat loneliness.”

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