"Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of self."

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Source : Sarah Manguso (2011). “The Two Kinds of Decay”, p.183, Granta

Sarah Manguso

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Dimensions Quotes

“For a while I thought I was the dragon. I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was the princess, cotton candy pink, sitting there in my room, in the tower of the castle, young and beautiful and in love and waiting for you with confidence but the princess looks into her mirror and only sees the princess, while Iâ€™m out here, slogging through the mud, breathing fire, and getting stabbed to death. Okay, so Iâ€™m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero. You get magic gloves! A fish that talks! You get eyes like flashlights!”
“When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with”
“I went to meet Joe Johnston, the director, and he's charming. I've been very lucky. Most of the directors I've worked with are charming. But Joe's a particularly charming man, and he showed me lots of designs and, rather memorably, welcomed me to the Marvel Universe.”
“We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design of Tragedy is to raise Commiseration and Terror in the Minds of the Audience, we shall defeat this great End, if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and successful.”
“Whatever you've learned becomes truly useful to you only once it has become second nature.”
“We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A with Shark Tank's Investors". Interview with Jennifer Wang, www.entrepreneur.com. November 30, 2012.
“Many people who are going through the early stages of the awakening process are no longer certain what their outer purpose is. What drives the world no longer drives them. Seeing the madness of our civilization so clearly, they feel somewhat alienated from the culture around them. Some feel that they inhabit a no-man's-land between two worlds. They are no longer run by the ego, yet the arising awareness has not yet become fully integrated into their lives. Inner and outer purpose have not merged.”
“You are seeing me now, when I am old and ugly; you should have seen me then, when I was young and ugly.”

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