"Iâ€™ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me,"

-- Chris Marker

#World Quotes #Banality Quotes #Interest Quotes

“It is also certain that when we assent to some piece of reasoning when our perception of it is lacking, then either we go wrong, or, if we do stumble on the truth, it is by accident, so that we cannot be sure that we are not in error.”
“One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.”
“There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song”
“Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.”

Source : Joseph Cook (187?). “God and the Conscience: Love and Marriage”
“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
“I was born in a small clapboard house on an island, but I also have certain privileges that I didn't have when I was on the island. So that dichotomy again is actually really crucial.”
“Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.”
“sometimes the shifting of rocks is deep, deep below, and it's powerful and scary down there, but that all we feel on the surface is a slight tremor. Only a slight tremor.”

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