"It is ourselves we encounter whenever we invent fictions."

-- Frank Kermode

#Encounters Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“If you spend too much time watching and fantasizing others while they achieve their dreams you may well miss your own.”
“The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.”
“I don't return anybody's calls unless it's going to mean extra money for me. And I've completely cut off all relationships with any friends that I had before the show. And I've copped an attitude.”
“All my life, I thought of love as some kind of voluntary enslavement. Well, that's a lie: freedom only exists when love is present. The person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly.”
“While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps.”

Source : "How I jumped out of the sack race" by Meg Rosoff, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2004.
“Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.”
“I'd love to teach theatre arts.”
“Don Keough's (CEO Coca-Cola) 11 Rules on "HOW TO LOSE": 1. Stop taking risks 2. Be content 3. Never deviate from what the founder did 4. Be inflexible 5. Rely totally on research and experts 6. Concentrate on competitors instead of your customers 7. Put yourself - not the customer - first 8. Solve administrative concerns first 9. Let others do your thinking for example, headquarters 10. Rely on T-G-E: "That's Good Enough" and T-N-M-J: "That's Not My Job!" 11. Rationalize slow growth”

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