Michel Faber Quotes
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.Michel Faber
Quotes to Explore
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
Zoe Kazan -
Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
Hamza Yusuf -
Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.
Yochai Benkler -
High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
Major Owens -
I was naive enough to think that I could make the difference.
David Gest -
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.
Jim Bishop
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I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.
Martin Scorsese -
Winning a major, that's what everybody wants to do, and I worked my whole life to do it. And to realize that, it's incredible.
Jimmy Walker -
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it's more like a dance than anything else.
Frans Lanting -
'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.
Christian Bale -
Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo … I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.
Bob Keeshan
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No matter how I struggle and strive, I'll never get out of this world alive.
Hank Williams -
I make the girls jump like I'm Kris Kross
Nicki Minaj -
It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer.
Saint Augustine -
The process clearly is a process that leads in the direction of two states, ... We will lead in the direction of two states.
Tzipi Livni -
I'd wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public.
Lady Gaga -
Each of us knows that we have an obligation to care for the old, the young and the sick. We stand strongest when we stand with the weakest among us.
Sarah Palin
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Henry David Thoreau -
I really think music in school is vital. Some pivotal moments in my life were my childhood scholastic experiences with music - teachers who found out I could sing, and encouraged me, or teachers who turned me on to music or bands I hadn't yet heard.
Dave Smalley -
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.
Michel Faber