"There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work."

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Source : William Gaddis (2002). “The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occasional Writings”, p.89, Penguin

William Gaddis

#Reading Quotes #Standing Alone Quotes #Audience Quotes

“Superman, when he's fighting you, isn't like Batman. He also isn't like Spider-man, who will bully you and make fun of his villains. Why do you think Spider-man's villains all hate him so much? Maybe because as he breaks their bones he's mocking them! Batman's villains are all insane! Superman, when he goes after someone, is essentially not trying to beat them. He's trying to save them from themselves.”
“We are all born free from all religious affiliations and only come to believe in such things after being introduced to it â€• so, atheism is the default position. Although some children are not indoctrinated with a specific religion before the age of reason, there are many more who are.”

Source : David G McAfee (2012). “Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist - The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer”, p.108, Dangerous Little Books
“While feeling far less injured by toil than my friends took for granted I must be, I yet was always aware of the strong probability that my life would end as the lives of hard literary workers usually end, - in paralysis, with months or years of imbecility.”
“With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.”
“I was a TV junkie as a kid. I am the Sesame Street generation.”
“In New York everyone just kind of knows each other.”
“I have two kids in diapers and a cat whose litter box I clean out. I deal with an awful lot of crap.”
“The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.”

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