"It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more."

-- Rick Moody

#Moving On Quotes #Ghetto Quotes #World Quotes

“My biggest lesson ... was to try and create narrators that were believable. ...so the listener becomes really invested in the story or the song.”
“When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A book is the only immortality.”

Source : "Part of a Man's Life". Book by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1905.
“I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind of pleasure you can get from reading is like no other in the world.”

Source : "Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books". Book by Wendy Lesser, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2014.
“One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.”
“Every day I do something that freaks me out.”
“On the road, I eat hamburgers every day. The team tries to get me to eat differently, but no. Burgers, burgers, burgers. I like burgers. McDonald's burgers. Wendy's burgers. Burger King burgers. There's this one place in Canada--I even look at the schedule to find out when we play there--best burger I've ever tasted. Real soft and sweet. I ate twelve of them in one night.”

Source : "The Pathology of Gilbert Arenas". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. January 6, 2010.
“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”

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