"It's what we call a dolce pazzia... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it."

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Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.31, Ballantine Books

Anne Fortier

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“I believe that the physical is the geography of the being.”
“I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. Its something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!”
“Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.”
“Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.”
“the camels had strayed far in search of scarce grass. When collected, they displayed a fiendish ingenuity in throwing their loads and tangling themselves up in every possible strap.”

Source : Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”
“I usually base my characters on composites of people I know. One trumpet player in SIDE MAN is really a mix of four different guys I knew growing up. Patsy , the waitress, is a mix of about three different people. I like doing it that way. I start with the characters, as opposed to plot, location, or some visual element. I write more by ear than by eye. I always work on the different sound of each character, trying to make sure each has a specific voice and speech pattern, which some writers could care less about.”
“If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.”
“Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word â€œwaterâ€ is a noise that symbolizes a certain liquid without being it, so too the idea of ego symbolizes the role you play, who you are, but it is not the same as your living organism.”

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