Elena Ferrante Quotes
Where is it written that lives should have a meaning? So she began to disparage all that struggle of mine to write. She said mockingly: Is the meaning that line of black markings that look like insect shit?
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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People often write after they finish their career, or they don't play anymore, or they are not anymore active. So I say, why do that? And let's do it differently.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
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I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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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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That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.
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Right from the start Abigail used to moan and fidget as her hair was relaxed or braided or thermally reconditioned, but her dad was determined that his child wasn’t going to embarrass him in public. That all stopped when Abigail turned eleven and calmly announced that she had ChildLine on speed‑dial and the next person who came near her with a hair extension, chemical straightener, or, God forbid, a hot comb, was going to end up explaining their actions to Social Services.
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Be with someone who is kind. I think that's it. Just to love one another was the thing I would want to do. It's a thing that you can't stop doing.
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I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.
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I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself.
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Where is it written that lives should have a meaning? So she began to disparage all that struggle of mine to write. She said mockingly: Is the meaning that line of black markings that look like insect shit?
