"We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other, how many imposters do I have? Do we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter?"

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Source : Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.119, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jonathan Safran Foer

#Mistake Quotes #Same Mistakes Quotes #Imposter Quotes

“The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.”

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“Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I'm working.”

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“If you want to support a writer, produce the first five plays he writes.”
“I think you do have to attend to the sort of core values of film, which is that the audience wants to have a relationship with the characters, they want to understand what's going on there. There are certain things that comics can have a little bit more freedom in then when you're asking an audience to engage in it as a piece of cinema, but I do feel like the canvas is much bigger and wider and that we're being invited and frankly challenged to take risks, to be a little bit different. And that's fun, that's exciting.”

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“Hatred can eat at you until there's nothing left, until you become the thing you hate.”

Source : Iris Johansen (2010). “One Touch of Topaz”, p.59, Bantam
“Religion is but a desperate attempt to find an escape from the truly dreadful situation in which we find ourselves. Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real significance. No wonder then that many people feel the need for some belief that gives them a sense of security, and no wonder that they become very angry with people like me who say that this is illusory.”
“The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.”
“I guess thatâ€™s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”

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