"Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person."

-- David Foster Wallace

#Strong Quotes #Real Quotes #Loneliness Quotes

“When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket.”
“There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.”

Source : Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.389, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.”
“Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Do you have any coffee?'...'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death.”
“100 million dollars used to be the limit of what a movie might cost; now they routinely cost 300 million. Sooner or later, spectacle is just going to have to find a new way to exist.”
“I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.”
“So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.”

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