"Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different."

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Source : "The Story of a Strong Woman in a Patriarchal Country: Nell Freudenberger's The Newlyweds". Interview with Meredith Turits, www.glamour.com. June 22, 2012.

Nell Freudenberger

#Funny Things Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Research Quotes

“The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.”
“I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.”
“I've learned how to look at things and not judge them, but respect them and use it in a way that people understand that I respect them, show them love and respect their reality.”
“If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.”
“I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. [Ger., Da dacht ich oft: schwatzt noch so hoch gelehrt, Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfahrt.]”
“You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.”
“Reading Gypsy Boy, I felt invited into a secret society. I've always found Gypsies mysterious and even slightly dangerous, and Mikey Walsh does an excellent job describing the cloistered lifestyle and fascinating traditions of the Romani people. Moreover, Mikey's personal story of being a misfit among misfits is both compelling and universal. I cheered for him every step of the way.”
“It has got to the point in this country where men believe they are men, just because that is their birthright. If that is true, then, by the same logic, an animal held captive in a zoo is still a free wild beast.”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Three: "Natural, Nonlethal, and Lethal Weapons", p. 93, 1971.

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