"The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money."

-- Marcel Achard

#Writing Quotes #Careers Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.”
“Phonogram is the memory of a long period in my life through a surprisingly small filter. Those characters are basically the golem who accompanied me on that decade and a half.”

Source : "The Return of the Ultimate Music-Obsessive Comic, Phonogram". Interview with Tom Ewing, pitchfork.com. August 12, 2015.
“Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.”
“The world is too complicated in all parts and interconnections to be due to chance alone. I am convinced that the existence of life with all its order in each of its organisms is simply too well put together. Each part of a living thing depends on all its other parts to function. How does each part know? How is each part specified at conception? The more one learns of biochemistry the more unbelievable it becomes unless there is some type of organizing principle-an architect.”
“Culture arises only when the individual fulfills his cycle of obligations. If everyone recognizes and fulfills his cycle of obligations, genuineness emerges. The culture of a whole nation can in the final analysis be built upon nothing else.”

Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The diary and letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, Northwestern Univ Pr
“Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.”

Source : Eiji Yoshikawa (1981). “Musashi”, HarperCollins Publishers
“The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good.”
“See you tomorrow,â€ he said, instead. â€œAll right.â€ Then, impulsively, I asked, â€œDo you have a place to sleep tonight?â€ â€œSure,â€ he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I donâ€™t know why it works that way, but it doesâ€”at least in my experience.”

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