"When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The problem is we don't know whether it applies to us or whether we're an exception."

-- Peter D. Kramer

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; itâ€™s taking chances, falling over and getting up again; itâ€™s mountaineering; itâ€™s wanting to get to the very top of yourself and feeling angry and dissatisfied when you donâ€™t manage it”
“Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can sing, 'Oh, baby,' if there's a pause in the melody. With jazz, you better leave that space open, or put in something real cool.”
“He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.”
“Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.”
“Carlyle said 'a lie cannot live.' It shows that he did not know how to tell them.”
“To me, the movie is about power.”
“I'm working in my mind.”
“I think it's better if blokes can admit that they can have crushes on other blokes. I've probably had crushes but never really sexual crushes on men.”

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