Janet Malcolm Quotes

Biographies never feel as real as the best fiction. There is such a discontinuity between the narrative and the material it comes from, which is always such a mixed bag of letters, recollections, and other data.

Janet Malcolm

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BestFeelBagDataLettersNever

I've always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don't notice the fact that someone who might be very close-mouthed or tight-lipped is perfectly willing to tell us a story in 600 or 700 pages.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

StoryThinkingSomeoneKindWhyUs

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.

Jean Racine

WomenYouKnowWillOwnHearts

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

Jean Rostand

DreamsGodGroundOurOur Dreams

The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.

Michael Chabon

LifeSunMy LifeCitizenFirstSame

When is population going to become an accepted part of the food debate? If it's fine to encourage people to think about halving their meat consumption, can we really not cope with a conversation about how many children we have?

Tristram Stuart

ChildrenFoodPeopleThinkDebate

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.

Romain Rolland

ManFinancialKnowAnimalsLast

No matter how long you'd been in the country, if you weren't in Australia for the majority of 2000 to 2002 - when I was particularly busy filming overseas - you can't become a citizen.

Russell Crowe

BusyLongYouCountryAustralia

Healing is a moral thing to do.

Jay Inslee

HealingMoralThing

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

Josh Hartnett

TryingUniqueFindI CanProject

I hated 'Avatar' from the jump. And I like James Cameron. I'm not opposed to James Cameron.

Chris Cubas

JumpLikeHatedAvatarJames

I love getting to be in 'The Avengers.' You just breathe a little bit. It's not all about you. It's so nice to have other people bearing the burden of responsibility.

Chris Evans

LoveResponsibilityPeopleYouNice

I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.

Bret Michaels

MeetFansShowEveryMinimumEach

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