"I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason you get involved with literature is because there's somebody that grabs you about it and then you want to figure out why."

--

Source : Source: bigthink.com

Louis Menand

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Well, I'm somebody who is just living ...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right.”
“There is nothing wrong with you. God asks the most of those he loves best.”
“Factions among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction.”
“The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free.”
“I love being a scientologist, as it's helped me in every single aspect of my life.”
“The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.”
“When Obama was inaugurated, he and his team had an insight - though whether the insight was conscious or not I don't know. But it was this: The TARP $700 billion price tag was a new kind of model.”
“I get to dress how I want, but sometimes I gotta wear different hats.”

You may also like:

Charles Sanders Peirce
Philosopher
Drew Gilpin Faust
Historian
Dwight Macdonald
Writer
Edmund Wilson
Writer
Lionel Trilling
Literary critic
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Paul de Man
Philosopher
Stephen Greenblatt
Literary critic
William James
Philosopher