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Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.

Elizabeth Bowen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: irish
Birth: June 7, 1899 - February 22, 1973

Topics

War Brain World Start Fantasy Toxic

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

Age Focus Book First Whole Writer

I'm Hispanic. I'm a Catholic. I believe in God. I believe in karma.

God Believe Karma I Believe Hispanic

A lot of people don't think I'm English. I've lived in France, and people do think I'm French, but I don't see myself as having a glamorous look.

Myself People Think Look See Lived

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

Place Nice France Excellent Which

My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave.

Rufus Wainwright

Positive Mother Music Death Legacy

The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for the character. And then as you get further up, they'll be the ones reading with you in front of the network.

Character Heart Win Reading Meetings

I think there's certain things that I know in my head that I enjoy: action movies.

Action Think Enjoy Know Movies Head

We only ever write jokes that amuse us.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Write Jokes Us Only Ever Amuse

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

Game Face Feel Media You Now

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Business Great Satisfaction Get Both

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

Life Music Story My Life Life Story

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

Chuck Palahniuk

People Problems Nobody Want Unknown

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