"We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. -Suyuan"

-- Amy Tan

#Wish Quotes #Despair Quotes #Unbearable Quotes

“I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy.”

Source : Klaus Kinski (1997). “Kinski Uncut: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski”, Penguin Books
“Do lifelong artists pay a price for having chosen to make art? Of course. Everyone pays the price for his or her choices.”
“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.”
“Unfortunately, my army consists of one unreliable criminal, one girl with a disability, and one incredibly foolish young vampire with a tanning issue. I am not confident.”
“I have a dog at home, and that's my baby. She's my girl, and I would do absolutely anything for her. She's like a child to me.”
“Nothing I have ever written has been admired as much as the announcement of my death.”

Source : Remark about his articles tracing the course of his illness in the NewYorker. Quoted in his obituary in The Scotsman, 29 Jan1996.
“I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.”
“Some people are more nice than wise.”

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