"I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read."

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Source : "Siddhartha Mukherjee: 'A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2011.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“In New York, there's so much stuff going on all the time, and when I first moved here my productivity went down. I felt like I had certain social obligations. I found the more that I was like, "Don't listen to other music," or "Don't watch other things," and, "Don't go to other shows," for a specific time period, if I really need to complete something, that is the most helpful tool for me.”

Source : Source: www.highsnobiety.com
“Superiority to Fate Is difficult to gain 'Tis not conferred of Any But possible to earn.”
“Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.”
“The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice that I developed, that people would want to hear and that was worth paying attention to.”

Source : "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 18, 2011.
“What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.”
“I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.”
“At 12 years old in the dangerous world that I was in, with a very difficult home life, I found the stage was the safest place to be. It was predetermined and predictable - and furthermore you got to be someone else. All the problems only began when you left the building.”
“I see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ.”

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