David Grossman Quotes
I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.
Quotes to Explore
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You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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The people I am most interested in are the ones on the edge of losing everything and falling into the last bit of despair. I'm trying to write about how people exist on that edge and how they can come back.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I'm a very competitive person.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
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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'm definitely a glass-is-always-half-full, not half-empty, kind of person. Which is why I love living in America.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software.
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If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea.
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There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
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Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you.
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.
