The parasite of art, the virus of art, never ceases to gnaw awat at your brain, never ceases to torture you with the knowledge that whatever you’re doing could be done more beautifully, more powerfully, more stirringly, more disturbingly, more… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“...they had lived, they'd lived intensely. But no matter how deeply you live, it comes to this in the end: one of you will… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“We wish for a symmetry of feeling, but we rarely get it. It is painful to be the one who loves more, and painful… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“So you can keep going. You can stay young. There's no inevitable law of diminishment: everyone who fades fades for his own reason.” — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“The world, the human world, is bound together not by protons and electrons, but by stories.” — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“One of the sad little secrets of the writing life is that it’s become like the movie business, where a movie has to “open… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“He had found himself ridiculously impressed by this young woman. She would blow in like a little whirlwind, eager to hear him say wise… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“...life brings you everything at once. You can be in misery because of the misery of your daughter at the same time as you're… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“It's foolish to speak of your happiness before you're sure you have it.” — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and months and… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
“She loved to return to the world of the book, a workd in which people were willing to let go of everything in order… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image