"I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form."

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Source : "Will Self (1961- )", www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

Will Self

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Language Quotes

“If there is anything in life in which I take a pardonable pride, it is my friendship for certain old woodsmen and hunters; obscure men, as far as the world is concerned, but faithful friends, loyal comrades.”
“The success my children have had has helped me immensely. Ive showed them a certain respect for this career.”
“There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rushing to the therapist's couch.”

Source : "I'm too sensitive. How can I toughen up?" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. Jnuary 26, 2014.
“I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry.”
“Work becomes at once a delight and a tyrant. For even when the time comes and you can relax, you hardly know how.”
“Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.”

Source : C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Sociological Imagination”, p.3, Oxford University Press
“Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been.”
“I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.”

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