Carlos Fuentes Quotes
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
Quotes to Explore
-
To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life.
-
Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
-
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
-
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
-
Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
-
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
-
After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
-
Humor is a wonderful way to deal with our suffering because if we can laugh at our troubles, we can feel better. Thich Nhat Hanh is a special man who has helped millions with their suffering with incredible technique. But he doesn't know real suffering, because he has not dated as much as I have.
-
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
-
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
-
You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
-
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
-
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
-
In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
-
I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
-
Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
-
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
-
The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.
-
Nobody thought I would be a great coach.
-
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.
-
It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the solitude and the terror of failure, and the godawful silence and the white paper.
-
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
