"PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success."

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Source : "'MFA vs NYC': Both, Probably" by Andrew Martin, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2014.

Alexander Chee

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Faces Quotes

“I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.”

Source : "Actually, Motel 6 Doesn't Leave the Light on for You". Interview with Kimberly D. Williams, adage.com. August 30, 2007.
“Writing isn't just a job that stops at six thirty... It's a mad, sexy, sad, scary, ruthless, joyful, and utterly, utterly personal thing. There's not the writer and then me; there's just me. All of my life connects to the writing. All of it.”
“How many are silenced, because in order to get to their art they would have to scream?”
“There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.”
“I think everybody gets their recognition sometime down the road, and I have never been one to seek it. Besides, it has been that way throughout my career, especially in college.”
“Players will be able to adjust the volume from 1 to 100 in increments of 1. You could play the game 100 times and have an entirely different experience.”
“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.”
“Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!”

Source : Ron White (2007). “I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability”, p.16, Penguin

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