Hanya Yanagihara Quotes
I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.
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We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.
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Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.
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I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms.
