"And I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I'd lived so far had formed layers of skin and muscle over myself that others saw as me when the real one had been underneath all along, and I knew writing- even writing badly- had peeled away those layers, and I knew then that if I wanted to stay awake and alive, if I wanted to stay me, I would have to keep writing."

-- Andre Dubus

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Years Quotes

“Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.”
“I still feel like I'm 19. We're old now!”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives.”
“The magazine business is dying. It's a hard time for publishing. It does seem that everyone is much more opinionated now. I think there's probably more room for making opinionated illustrations. There was a time when Time magazine and Newsweek would have a realistic painted cover. A friend of mine used to do a lot of those paintings and he was told by the art director at one point, we are switching to photography. It seems that if someone saw a painting on a cover, it took a while to do, it must be old news. Photography became more immediate.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives”
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.”
“Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life.”
“I went to NYU for acting, for six years. I thought acting was the easy way out or in because I didn't put in enough effort in school, being a crazy kid in college. But, I was good at it, so that was the other side of it. I would love to direct. What I've learned from being on set is more how to deal with actors than even the visual part of it all.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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