"Et Tu, Babe' was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing; it's my whole life."

-- Mark Leyner

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Absolute Certainty Quotes

“I've always liked sci-fi/fantasy films. I've never really followed any sci-fi television shows though. I wouldn't consider myself a fan. When asked, I think I say the Matrix is my favorite movie.”
“Just because you're starting from something which you know - a theory which you know is right and trying to further develop your understand of that theory is maybe a more fruitful thing to do than trying to just throw all that out and start afresh with something more speculative.”
“I don't think you can be a Catholic without an accompanying measure of guilt.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.”
“There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.”
“Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon.”
“All cows were like other cows, all tigers like all other tigers - What on earth happened to human beings?”

Source : Harry Mulisch (2003). “Siegfried”, Viking Press
“We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to.”

Source : John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). “Essays on Sex Equality”, p.100, University of Chicago Press

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