#elf

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#disagrees #i #i think #i write #like

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. ↗

— Emily Carr

#himself #his #itself #may #religion

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price. ↗

— John le Carre

#any #certainly #committed #democracy #find

The quality of life is more important than life itself. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#itself #life #more #quality #quality of life

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I'm just trying to create a good one for myself. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#create #good #i #just #myself

I just want to be myself. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#just #myself #want

Some nights it was a melee, literally, where I'd be standing trying to defend myself for what I was doing. People would be screaming at me to do my old act, and getting actually violent and angry at me. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#actually #angry #defend #doing #getting

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#being #danger #hindrance #kind #like

I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#fantasy #i #myself #never #seen

No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#eternal #expressive #gifted #heart #himself