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David Foster Wallace Quotes

Here is how to handle being a feral prodigy Picture Quote #1

$What the really great artists do is they’re entirely themselves. They’re entirely themselves, they’ve got their own vision, they have their own way of fracturing reality, and if it’s authentic and true, you will feel it in your nerve endings Picture Quote #1$

There are very few innocent sentences in writing Picture Quote #1

Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move Picture Quote #1

What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant Picture Quote #1

Or I can choose to force myself to consider the likelihood that everyone else in the supermarket’s checkout line is just as bored and frustrated as I am, and that some of these people probably have much harder, more tedious or painful lives than I do, overall Picture Quote #1

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Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing’s kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there’s also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person Picture Quote #1

I miss everyone. I can remember being young and feeling a thing and identifying it as homesickness, and then thinking well now that’s odd, isn’t it, because I was home, all the time. What on earth are we to make of that? Picture Quote #1

I just think that fiction that isn’t exploring what it means to be human today isn’t art Picture Quote #1

My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I’m not exaggerating. Pretty much all I’ve ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. It’s a little more complicated than that, maybe. But when you come right down to it it’s to be liked, loved. Admired, approved of, applauded, whatever. You get the idea Picture Quote #1

Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? Picture Quote #1

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I’m supposed to love you back Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps this is what it means to go mad: to be emptied and to be aware of the emptiness Picture Quote #1

I don’t think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion Picture Quote #1

Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence Picture Quote #1

You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship Picture Quote #1

... the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about Picture Quote #1

There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it Picture Quote #1

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Writing fiction takes me out of time. I sit down and the clock will not exist for me for a few hours. That’s probably as close to immortal as we’ll ever get Picture Quote #1

For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire’s still going Picture Quote #1

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Here is how to handle being a feral prodigy (David Foster Wallace Quotes) What the really great artists do is they’re entirely themselves. They’re entirely themselves, they’ve got their own vision, they have their own way of fracturing reality, and if it’s authentic and true, you will feel it in your nerve endings (David Foster Wallace Quotes) There are very few innocent sentences in writing (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move (David Foster Wallace Quotes) What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Or I can choose to force myself to consider the likelihood that everyone else in the supermarket’s checkout line is just as bored and frustrated as I am, and that some of these people probably have much harder, more tedious or painful lives than I do, overall (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing’s kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there’s also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person (David Foster Wallace Quotes) I miss everyone. I can remember being young and feeling a thing and identifying it as homesickness, and then thinking well now that’s odd, isn’t it, because I was home, all the time. What on earth are we to make of that? (David Foster Wallace Quotes) I just think that fiction that isn’t exploring what it means to be human today isn’t art (David Foster Wallace Quotes) My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I’m not exaggerating. Pretty much all I’ve ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. It’s a little more complicated than that, maybe. But when you come right down to it it’s to be liked, loved. Admired, approved of, applauded, whatever. You get the idea (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? (David Foster Wallace Quotes) I love the way you love, but I hate the way I’m supposed to love you back (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Perhaps this is what it means to go mad: to be emptied and to be aware of the emptiness (David Foster Wallace Quotes) I don’t think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence (David Foster Wallace Quotes) You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship (David Foster Wallace Quotes) ... the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about (David Foster Wallace Quotes) There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it (David Foster Wallace Quotes) Writing fiction takes me out of time. I sit down and the clock will not exist for me for a few hours. That’s probably as close to immortal as we’ll ever get (David Foster Wallace Quotes) For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire’s still going (David Foster Wallace Quotes)

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