"Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If itâ€™s purely autobiographical and ego-driven, itâ€™s going to fail."

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Source : "Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me: Nick Flynn". Interview with Sari Botton, therumpus.net. January 24, 2011.

Nick Flynn

#Self Quotes #Order Quotes #Ego Quotes

“Every team is beatable, you know.”
“I am less interested in ghosts than in people who see ghosts.”
“...choosing words is harder than I thought.”

Source : Cynthia Lord (2013). “Rules”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.
“I've been to hell and back so nothing that happens in the jungle can be worse.”
“Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.”
“If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced.”
“Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.”
“You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.”

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