Paul de Man Quotes
Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.
Quotes to Explore
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William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts.
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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.
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Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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Literature is memory written down. All literature is memory.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized.
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A human being is a deciding being.
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I've taken great pride in not being fragile.
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I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater.
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But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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I never decided at all to be an artist; being an artist seems to have happened to me.
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I moved to L.A. right out of high school, but not to act. I think I chose it because it was on the same time zone as Seattle, where I'm from.
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You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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There's a fundamental difference between how often men remember to say 'I love you' and how often women want to hear 'I love you.' For the most part, it's on the guy. He's not withholding it intentionally. It's just that we kind of miss the point sometimes, that even in the most nonchalant way, telling the person how you feel is important.
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Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.
