"Iâ€™ve always found that the better the book Iâ€™m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine that I might, someday, become smarter."

-- Francine Prose

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Might Quotes

“I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.”
“I try to do an hour of cardio on the days that I have off, and then I'll do 30 to 45 minutes on show days. That's the first thing I do when I wake up, I have breakfast and then I'll hit the gym.”
“I don't know if you know who you are, until you lose who you are.”
“There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.”
“If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?”
“Planning your own coming-of-age experience may wither you prematurely, but just think of it this way: If you can get through this, childbirth should be a breeze.”

Source : Mimi Pond (1993). “A Groom of One's Own: And Other Bridal Accessories”, Plume Books
“The idea of being a character who is kind of isolated, I can relate to that.”
“If you have ever seen the movie Night of the Living Dead, you have a rough idea how modern corporations and organizations operate, with projects and proposals that everybody thought were killed constantly rising from their graves to stagger back into meetings and eat the brains of the living.”

You may also like:

Brassai
Photographer
Claire Messud
Novelist
Dave Eggers
Writer
Donna Tartt
Writer
Jane Smiley
Novelist
Jonathan Franzen
Novelist
Rick Moody
Novelist
Robert Koch
Physician
Umberto Eco
Essayist