In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range
ADAM JOHNSONUse your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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All the human actions we think of as essential to a character – had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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[I]n communism, you’d threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.
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What’s less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I’ve changed the cat little because I didn’t know what my characters were going to say next.
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Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I’ve learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next.
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I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.
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The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer’s sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration.
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Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you’ve taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!
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Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings
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But, in North Korea, it’s just the opposite. There’s one story. It’s written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters.
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. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .
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Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.
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But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can’t live with what they’ve done.
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I’d known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn’t be possible, since it’s illegal for them to speak with foreigners.
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The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
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There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you’ll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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