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		There is a slovenly disrespect for truth and reality that has infected and cross-infected the arts; the values of entertainment are relentlessly in the ascendant, to the extent that it becomes virtually impossible to write a naturalistic fictional sentence without feeling that the fabric of that sentence is already compromised.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manuel Puig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vicente Fox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Ramirez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Stump 
			 
			
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		Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, and it's like, 'You've never been to my whole world?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carly Rae Jepsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbra Streisand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Pinter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bear Grylls 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maddie Ziegler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mcewan