"I'm trying to exploit the bestseller, in a way, but not in the sense of repeating the formula. It's just that the bestseller did so well economically that now I'm freer to do what I want to do, or to try out what I want to try out."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Daniel Kehlmann

#Trying Quotes #Want Quotes #Way Quotes

“Because each book has its own special perfume.”

Source : Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.238, Macmillan
“I feel like the job in editing is to let the movie tell you what it is. It's like sculpture. You just start taking away, you add a nose here, you cut off like the side of the cheek over here in the crease and you have a face. But it really reveals to you what it means to be over time, and if you have enough time.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.”
“Artists have been used over and over again since the early 1980s as the legitimizers of a neighborhood in New York. And entrepreneurial artists, meaning people who themselves start out as painters, musicians, dancers, and who open a cafÃ©, a bar, a restaurant, or even a co-op art gallery - they unintentionally develop the kinds of attractions that bring the middle class with some kind of cultural ambition.”
“Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.”

Source : "The Power of 'No'” by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2012.
“You gotta just laugh at yourself and let it go and not take things too seriously because life is too short.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.”
“When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on.”

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