"I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am not writing a conventional novel, and I think that the quality of the novel I write will derive precisely from the peculiarity or aloneness, if you will, of the experience I write from."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Quality Quotes

“When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money.”

Source : Alice Adams (2011). “LISTENING TO BILLIE: A Novel”, p.119, Vintage
“People can certainly be creative when they're under the gun, but only when they're able to focus on the work.”
“To be on the wire is life - the rest - is waiting.”
“I don't have any phobias with any language, and I've grown up listening to Anglo-American rock n roll as well as Welsh-language punk rock and I'm all for sharing languages.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.”
“I am an illusionist - that's why I create art.”
“Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.”
“I'm so in love with the United States. Not as a patriot. I'm in love with America like it's my first girlfriend. The geography, the people, the smell, the touch, the taste, the gas stations. I'm madly in love with America.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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