"I write because, exacting as it may be to do so, it is still more difficult to refrain, and because - however conscious of one's limitations one may be - there is always at the back of one's mind an irrational hope that this next book will be different: it will be the rounded achievement, the complete fulfilment. It never has been: yet I am still writing."

-- Iris Origo

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“I guess if you split the difference between the U.K. and the U.S., you would get Canada. But that's just due to proximity. Just because of distance, we get a lot more cultural spillover from America.”

Source : Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. October 26, 2012.
“Thought must be hidden in the verse like nutritional virtue in a fruit.”
“abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.”
“'YOU AREN'T TALENTED' - it cuts right to the fear of every artist.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.”
“I'll toss my coins in the fountain, Look for clovers in grassy lawns Search for shooting stars in the night Cross my fingers and dream on.”

Source : Song: Dreaming On A World
“A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.”

Source : Richard Flanagan (2014). “The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel”, p.38, Vintage
“Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before”

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