"Mine is not an autonomous imagination."

-- Jay McInerney

#Imagination Quotes

“My object is to mystify and entertain. I wouldn't deceive you for the world.”
“I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer.”
“Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views.”
“I'm free of stress and worries now because if I don't like something I'm doing, I just find the fun in it instead of being miserable. Let me have fun with the people I work with, let me have fun making money - when I grew up so poor, ya know?”
“Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.”
“We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.”
“The solar system is so humongous big.”
“Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do.”

Source : Margaret Laurence (1993). “A Jest of God”, p.66, University of Chicago Press

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