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Michael Cunningham Quotes

I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years Picture Quote #1

I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous Picture Quote #1

I have no useful theories about love and marriage Picture Quote #1

... he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting Picture Quote #1

We always worry about the wrong things, don’t we? Picture Quote #1

Insomniacs know better than anyone how it would be to haunt a house Picture Quote #1

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She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric Picture Quote #1

Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest Picture Quote #1

A writer should always feel like he’s in over his head Picture Quote #1

I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been Picture Quote #1

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers Picture Quote #1

She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself Picture Quote #1

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Venture too far for love, she tells herself, and you renounce citizenship in the country you’ve made for yourself Picture Quote #1

The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write a great book. But if we remove that from the equation, it’s the same impulse and they are equally entitled to their ecstasies and their despair Picture Quote #1

Her cake is a failure, but she is loved anyway. She is loved, she thinks, in more or less the way the gifts will be appreciated: because they have been given with good intentions, because they exist, because they are part of a world in which one wants what one gets Picture Quote #1

This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw material at hand Picture Quote #1

It’s the world, you live in it, even if some boy has made a fool of you Picture Quote #1

.. this indiscriminate love feels entirely serious to her, as if everything in the world is part of a vast, inscrutable intention and everything in the world has its own secret name, a name that cannot be conveyed in language but is simply the sight and feel of the thing itself Picture Quote #1

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She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession and command of her gifts Picture Quote #1

There is a beauty in the world, though it’s harsher than we expect it to be Picture Quote #1

Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. and the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they’d have to play themselves Picture Quote #1

What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It’s what you can bear. And there it is... It was death. I chose life Picture Quote #1

Perhaps, in the extravagance of youth, we give away our devotions easily and all but arbitrarily, on the mistaken assumption that we’ll always have more to give Picture Quote #1

What I wanted to do seemed simple. I wanted something alive and shocking enough that it could be a morning in somebody’s life. The most ordinary morning. Imagine, trying to do that Picture Quote #1

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There is still that singular perfection, and it’s perfect in part because it seemed, at the time, so clearly to promise more Picture Quote #1

One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper Picture Quote #1

I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful Picture Quote #1

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear Picture Quote #1

If you’ve really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book again, but as if you’ve never read it. And when you get something unfamiliar, you feel betrayed Picture Quote #1

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself Picture Quote #1

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I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years (Michael Cunningham Quotes) I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous (Michael Cunningham Quotes) I have no useful theories about love and marriage (Michael Cunningham Quotes) ... he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting (Michael Cunningham Quotes) We always worry about the wrong things, don’t we? (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Insomniacs know better than anyone how it would be to haunt a house (Michael Cunningham Quotes) She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest (Michael Cunningham Quotes) A writer should always feel like he’s in over his head (Michael Cunningham Quotes) I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been (Michael Cunningham Quotes) As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers (Michael Cunningham Quotes) She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Venture too far for love, she tells herself, and you renounce citizenship in the country you’ve made for yourself (Michael Cunningham Quotes) The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write a great book. But if we remove that from the equation, it’s the same impulse and they are equally entitled to their ecstasies and their despair (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Her cake is a failure, but she is loved anyway. She is loved, she thinks, in more or less the way the gifts will be appreciated: because they have been given with good intentions, because they exist, because they are part of a world in which one wants what one gets (Michael Cunningham Quotes) This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw material at hand (Michael Cunningham Quotes) It’s the world, you live in it, even if some boy has made a fool of you (Michael Cunningham Quotes) .. this indiscriminate love feels entirely serious to her, as if everything in the world is part of a vast, inscrutable intention and everything in the world has its own secret name, a name that cannot be conveyed in language but is simply the sight and feel of the thing itself (Michael Cunningham Quotes) She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession and command of her gifts (Michael Cunningham Quotes) There is a beauty in the world, though it’s harsher than we expect it to be (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. and the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they’d have to play themselves (Michael Cunningham Quotes) What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It’s what you can bear. And there it is... It was death. I chose life (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Perhaps, in the extravagance of youth, we give away our devotions easily and all but arbitrarily, on the mistaken assumption that we’ll always have more to give (Michael Cunningham Quotes) What I wanted to do seemed simple. I wanted something alive and shocking enough that it could be a morning in somebody’s life. The most ordinary morning. Imagine, trying to do that (Michael Cunningham Quotes) There is still that singular perfection, and it’s perfect in part because it seemed, at the time, so clearly to promise more (Michael Cunningham Quotes) One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper (Michael Cunningham Quotes) I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful (Michael Cunningham Quotes) Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear (Michael Cunningham Quotes) If you’ve really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book again, but as if you’ve never read it. And when you get something unfamiliar, you feel betrayed (Michael Cunningham Quotes) I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I’ve learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself (Michael Cunningham Quotes)

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