#ling

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#convince #creator #fiction #him #history

The pain of an injury is over in seconds. Everything that comes after is the pain of getting well." He gave her a heartfelt look, full of apology. "I'd forgotten that you see. Coming back to life ... It hurts. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#hurt #pain #life

Meanwhile after failing the bar twice, I knew some people in New York and moved here in August '71. ↗

— Robert Quine

#august #bar #failing #here #i

Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#bullying #cruel #feel #gay #kids

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing. ↗

— Raymond Radiguet

#else #everybody #everybody else #failing #like

Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly. ↗

— George Raft

#foolishly #gambling #i #million #part

There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite. ↗

— John C. Reilly

#earth #feeling #kind #peaceful #quite

...required for good fiction: character, conflict, change through time. And if you're really blessed, you get resolution. But life doesn't usually work out that way. ↗

— Ted Conover

#new-journalism #on-fiction #storytelling #writing #change

Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that. ↗

— Ad Reinhardt

#artist #connected #dozen #even #every

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#apart #baby #bonding #both #experience