"I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique"

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Source : The Review of Contemporary Fiction Intreview, www.dalkeyarchive.com. 1996.

Edmund White

#Thinking Quotes #Technique Quotes #Sincerity Quotes

“In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isnâ€™t complacent, itâ€™s stupid and angry; underground culture reacts by becoming smarter, more serene. Thatâ€™s not wimpyâ€”itâ€™s powerful and productive.”
“To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success”
“I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss.”

Source : Song: Adam And Eve
“We do not need to become unhappy just because things don't go our way.”
“I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.”
“I’ve always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people.”
“Once we get three more directors elected, the Sierra Club will no longer be pro-hunting and pro-trapping and we can use the resources of the $95-million-a-year budget to address some of these issues.”
“I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I'm different people going through different situations.”

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