"It seems to me that you need a lot of courage, or a lot of something, to enter into others, into other people. We all think that everyone else lives in fortresses, in fastnesses: behind moats, behind sheer walls studded with spikes and broken glass. But in fact we inhabit much punier structures. We are, as it turns out, all jerry-built. Or not even. You can just stick your head under the flap of the tent and crawl right in. If you get the okay."

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Source : "Time's Arrow". Book by Martin Amis, www.avclub.com. September 1991.

Martin Amis

#Wall Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.”
“Humans are vulnerable, messy little animals and that's normal. And all I want to do is make a space for that in my films.”

Source : "'Indie' director Mike Mills is as happy shooting for Nike as Sonic Youth". Interview with Andrea Hubert, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.
“Nothing matters so much that we should throw ourselves into a state of panic about it. No happening is so important that we should let ourselves be exiled from from inner peace and mental calm for its sake.”

Source : Paul Brunton, Wisdom's Goldenrod, Ltd (1988). “The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Advanced contemplation. The peace within you”
“Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work.”
“A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”
“I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.”
“My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things that are three-dimensional and feel honest.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“One of the things I really learned from my first term is the importance of focusing. In that sense, it is a deliberate effort. What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether its good for the middle class or not.”

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