#his

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#her #his #impossible #internal #needs

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#i #knew #never #pains #readable

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#away #back #character #double #either

History does not always repeat itself. ↗

— John W. Campbell

#does #history #itself #repeat

He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts. ↗

— George Carman

#exposing #head #his #like #ostrich

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#accord #celibacy #compulsion #does #his

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#break #deal #down #extremely #historical

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#been #discovers #doubtless #his #nature

It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now patting themselves on the back for their 'brave' stance on short-selling! ↗

— James Chanos

#back #beat #biggest #brave #collapse

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#archimedes #familiar #his #life #now