“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write, I simply become what I seemingly must become. I am six feet two and weigh nearly two hundred pounds and am badly coordinated, except when I swim. All that borrowed meat does the writing.
In the water I am beautiful. ”
― Welcome to the Monkey House
In the water I am beautiful. ”
― Welcome to the Monkey House
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
― The Diary of Samuel Pepys
― The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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