When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
TOM WAITSThe book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It’s the thing that people create.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
-
-
An advantage of having one child is you always know who did it.
BABS BELL HAJDUSIEWICZ -
I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.
BRANDON ROUTH -
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
BEN WHISHAW -
I’m really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.
RIHANNA -
The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
OMAR KHAYYAM -
Old age is always ten years more than we are.
JOAN RIVERS -
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU -
I’ve grown to enjoy solitude it doesn’t feel as lonely when you are accompanied by a pen and paper.
JULIA KELLOGG HENRY -
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
IGOR STRAVINSKY -
Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity.
ROLLO MAY -
The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.
BILL VAUGHAN -
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
JEAN COCTEAU -
I’m a home girl. I like to stay home
FAITH HILL -
Dark windows are often a very clear proof.
BILL VAUGHAN -
I love playing a curmudgeon. I just love playing a sour guy.
ZACH GALIFIANAKIS