"The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego."

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Source : "Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2005.

Hubert Selby, Jr.

#Responsibility Quotes #Artist Quotes #Ego Quotes

“That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases.”
“PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.”

Source : "'MFA vs NYC': Both, Probably" by Andrew Martin, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2014.
“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.”
“You donâ€™t have to be perfect to be pretty.”
“I'd love to work on something that gets some type of critical respect. This business is sometimes so brutal - you work on something for months and really feel like the project is good and you're doing the best work you can, and then it just gets hammered by critics. It's such a bummer sometimes, because everything seems to build up to the release and a couple of bad reviews can make it seem like it was all a waste, which you know it wasn't.”
“Life is just a Box of Chocolates.”
“I feel like a cliche.”
“God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.”

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