"It is difficult to be king when the gods are changing."

-- James A. Michener

#Kings Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.”

Source : Teju Cole (2016). “Known and Strange Things”, p.241, Faber & Faber
“I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.”
“Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.”

Source : "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.
“No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.”
“I was curious what would happen,”
“I want to be two people at once. One runs away.”

Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.257, Vintage
“I have always liked kind of outsider characters. In the movies I grew up liking, you had more complicated characters. I don't mean that in a way that makes us better or anything. I just seem to like characters who don't really fit into. You always hear that from the studio: "You have to be able to root for them, they have to be likeable, and the audience has to be able to see themselves in the characters." I feel that's not necessarily true. As long as the character has some type of goal or outlook on the world, or perspective, you can follow that story.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all the protections for their own goods and services.”

Source : "Why the WTO Is Obsolete". Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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