"I tend to think of fiction as being mainly about characters and human beings and inner experience, whereas essays can be much more expository and didactic and more about subjects or ideas."

-- David Foster Wallace

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.”
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man.”

Source : "Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny" by Xuan Thai, Ted Barrett, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2007.
“Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth. Their hard lot becomes his, and his, in turn, becomes the lot of all who shall come after him. Drawn on inexorably by time, it is not given him to see the next rung on which his faltering foot shall fall. Bounded in knowledge, it is not given him to foretell what each succeeding hour, what each succeeding minute, shall have in store for him. In blind nescience, in an agony of foreboding, in a whirl of hopes and fears, he completes the cycle of an iron destiny.”
“To Jacob the act of critiquing art was essentially imprecise. That's why he didn't read reviews on anything he liked, be it a book, a movie, or a record. He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration, and any commentary of the work beyond that is nothing more than pure individual opinion and should not be considered relevant to the work itself.”
“I like the communication and trust that comes from a long-term relationship. When you really know people as musicians and as people, you feel you can really count on them. That frees you to take more chances and ... it takes the music to a higher level. It translates into a better product for audiences. There are two levels to these relationships. The first level is being with guys for the first few years, you're getting used to guys - he's got this to offer, he's got that to offer, I don't like this, I do like this. You both praise them and are critical as you get to know one another.”

Source : "David Liebman: No categories, no compromises". Interview With Doug Fischer, ottawacitizen.com. April 18, 2008.
“A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.”
“No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.”

Source : Charles Alexander Eastman (2003). “The Soul of the Indian”, p.9, Courier Corporation
“I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2008.

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