"I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That's the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me--the people of my intimate life, the objects in the room, without the evasions of fantasies."

-- Frank Lentricchia

#Real Quotes #Eye Quotes #People Quotes

“I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.”
“The reality is that I need to be challenged and interested, as long as the risk and reward is in line.”
“I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.”
“I would love to write and produce. I feel as if as an actor I'm just a small part you have to multi-task to survive in the entertainment industry.”
“She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life our of the dry, dull grass my father had spent years pushing a mower over.”
“If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted that you will wish that you were dead.”

Source : "On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction". Book by William Zinsser (Chapter 12 "Writing About Yourself: The Memoir," p. 98), 1976.
“In most betting shops you will see three windows marked 'Bet Here', but only one window with the legend 'Pay Out'.”

Source : "On the track, sometime between courses, a race meeting is going on" by Paul Weaver, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2006.
“Sometimes the simplest pictures are the hardest to get.”

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