"One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria."

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Source : "V.S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation". Interview with Mel Gussow, The New York Times, April 24, 1994.

V. S. Naipaul

#Writing Quotes #Hysteria Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“Do you wish to learn the secret of true Eucharistic prayer? Consider, then, all the mysteries in the light of the Blessed Sacrament. It is a divine prism through which they can all be studied. The Holy Eucharist is, indeed, 'Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today, and the same forever' (Heb 13:8). In this Sacrament He glorifies all the mysteries of His life and prolongs, as it were, the exercise of all His virtues. The Eucharist is, in a word, the great Mystery of our faith to which all Catholic truths lead”
“Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.”

Source : "Tech giants may be huge, but nothing matches big data" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2013.
“After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray.”
“I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer.”
“Failure is a disappointment, but not defeat.”
“As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.”
“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past--the whole life of a civilization--but also a major share ofthe Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.”
“I'm just a guy. I get treated like I'm famous but I don't take it seriously. I take the time people take out to check me out very, very seriously.”

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