Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
GRAHAM GREENEAn autobiography is only ‘a sort of life’ – it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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You needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other.
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It’s a good world if you don’t weaken.
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As long as nothing happens anything is possible.
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An autobiography is only ‘a sort of life’ – it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely.
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We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to.
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Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.
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In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
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For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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When we are not sure, we are alive.
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All good novelists have bad memories.
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Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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