"Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is the one I feel most affinity for, and Michel Foucault, well, his writing influenced my novel, 'Middlesex.'"

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Philosophy Quotes #Writing Quotes #Important Quotes

“I can say exactly what I feel about any issue, and I'm going to do that.”
“This little ship you sent is more wonderful than the big one that takes me away from you.”
“How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern.”
“You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.”

Source : Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.40, Courier Corporation
“It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born”
“I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.”
“Iâ€™m interested in things which suggest the world rather than express the personality... The most conventional thing, the most ordinary - it seems to me that those things can be dealt with without having to judge them; they seem to me to exist as clear facts, not involving aesthetic hierarchy.”
“I think every man should have a pair of boots. They're really sexy. Leather boots, cowboy boots, it depends.”

Source : Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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