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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#cannot #copy #copying #enter #good

All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#completely #everything #happens #i #interpretations

I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#carrying #dead #france #heard #how

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#like #people #poet #poetry #readers

Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#defends #equilibrium #itself #morbid #organism

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#itself #like #moves #novel #time

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#details #distinguish #hard #hear #once

I started singing because I come from Wales. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#come #i #singing #started #wales

Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#discover #endless #i #immense #literature

I never argue with people about movies. ↗

— Andrew Sarris

#argue #i #movies #never #people