"His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake."

-- Jonathan Franzen

#Hurt Quotes #Awake Quotes #Tiredness Quotes

“I have found, for example, that if I have to write upon sum rather difficult topic, the best plan is to think about it with very great intensity-the greatest intensity of which I am capable-for a few hours or days, and at the end of that time give orders, so to speak (to my subconscious mind) that the work is to proceed underground. After some months I return consciously to the topic and find that the work has been done.”
“Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.”
“I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.”
“Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.”
“I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.”
“I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim, or Jewish. I couldn't put myself into any organized faith.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' rather than the less tidy task of observing the world and trying to make sense of it. This, after all, is done by mere historians, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and (heaven forbid) even journalists. Economists are loath to admit that they belong in such raffish company.”

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