Jonathan Franzen Quotes

I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats.

Jonathan Franzen

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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.

Trixie Mattel

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The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Milarepa

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People who have passion for horror stories, their appreciation/my appreciation is looking at it as opera.

Bryan Fuller

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I've been in a lot of fiery relationships, and it is so exciting. But there's a more profound feeling when the love is just real and not so painful.

Ali Larter

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Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me.

Suzy Bogguss

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There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done.

Susan Cheever

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I think people have a hard time dealing with a bunch of things at once. They can't have something be disturbing and funny at the same time. They can't have that kind of combination. Which is weird to me because I feel complicated about most things.

Perfume Genius

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For the serious biographer, history and the life story of a real individual are inseparably intertwined. Get the facts wrong, or distort them, and the life story gets distorted: becomes fiction.

Nigel Hamilton

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Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human folly reveals that good looks and worthiness operate independently. Yet countless socializing forces, from Aunt Clara to the latest perfume ad, reinforce beliefs like 'If I were pretty enough, I would be loved.'

Martha Beck

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The number of people who left for the United states and Canada increased with every year.

Leopold Trepper

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I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that social media and Twitter and LiveJournal make it really easy to navel-gaze in a way that you've never been able to before.

Lena Dunham

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As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.

Juliette Lewis

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