Elena Ferrante Quotes
At most, I may write when I am disturbed by something. I have recently discovered the pleasure of finding written answers to written questions.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
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One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
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I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they're meant to be is where they'll be.
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Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place.
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If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe away the blot of human slavery.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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When I was 14, I would sit up in my room and write till my eyes would bleed.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
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If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions.
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In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.
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When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fiction on the side. The physicist thing didn't pan out, but writing science fiction on the side did.
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If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.
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At most, I may write when I am disturbed by something. I have recently discovered the pleasure of finding written answers to written questions.
