"I never started from ideas but always from character."

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Ivan Turgenev

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Ive worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. Im past the point where I worry about people liking me.”
“Clutter-clearing is modern-day alchemy.”
“predicament, n. The wage of consistency.”
“There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him.”
“It's possible to love without sacrificing-but who would notice? For love is demonstrated only through sacrifice-without it, love is invisible.”
“I come from extremely liberal people, one of only 20 in Texas where I grew up.”
“I'm keeping everything on a human level, but essentially everything in our lives has to be on a human level. Any specification of something by art history doesn't make any sense. The point is, if you have a loving, adorable, supportive mother anywhere in the world and you tell her all of your dreams, all of your aspirations, and the reward you would like, and she understands you, then it's not worth doing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There's just an enormous vast universe of possible intrigue out there and why not pay attention to it? Because then you're not burdened with trying to find that meaning in yourself all the time.”

Source : Source: app.longform.org

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