"I find that, for me, it is this concept of borrowed or built life, life on loan, that gets me writing. It's similar to speaking about literature. I like it, and then I don't like it. It has such an inherent vein of pretention, because you're not speaking about real things. There's a literary pretentiousness made of speaking and spending so much time on unreal persons. And it seems, now, impossible to create an unpretentious, totally organic character."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Sergio Chejfec

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I've been doing politics 30 years. I've never seen an election like this [in 2016]. This is entirely unpredictable.”
“I'm truly doing it my own way. I'm not following what the traditional #â€Ž BMX route is.”
“That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.78, Sheba Blake Publishing
“I'm grateful for any opportunity to act.”
“I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.”
“So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That's Nature.It's a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said.My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.”

Source : Lee Goldberg (2009). “Mr. Monk in Trouble”, p.70, Penguin
“The work is more important than the reward.”
“Anyone that says looks don't count is lying. Of course they do. Even babies go to the attractive face. It's the way humans work.”

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