"I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell stories so long as I have stories to tell."

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Source : Interview with David B. Green, www.haaretz.com. January 3, 2010.

Louis Begley

#Writing Quotes #Fire Quotes #Long Quotes

“She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness to be found among us. She is the ultimate civilizer, the polisher, a sweet cook.”
“Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.”
“In cricket, as in no other game, a great master may well go back to the pavilion scoreless.... In no other game does the law of averages get to work so potently, so mysteriously.”
“I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.”
“Without a doubt in my mind, I believe that vaccinations triggered Evan's autism.”
“When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.”
“My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”
“No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.”

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