"A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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“When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.”
“You told us over and over that you donâ€™t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, youâ€™d probably die before youâ€™d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.”
“There is a further advantage [to hydrogen bombs]: the supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it might be feared that it would be used up before the human race was exterminated, but now that the practically unlimited supply of hydrogen can be utilized, there is considerable reason to hope that ***** sapiens may put an end to himself, to the great advantage of such less ferocious animals as may survive. But it is time to return to less cheerful topics.”
“Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.”
“Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.”
“The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses.”
“I'm lucky right now because I'm not that famous, people will look at the work just as the work, and people respond to it pretty well. It's just hard to know exactly what group I need to meet and where I need to be. I think fame helps, but I want it to be separate as much as it can. Fame is just so weird, people just love famous people.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about.”

Source : "Les Problèmes de la Peinture". Interview with Gaston Diehl in Paris, 1945.

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