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Inspirational Quotes by James Dickey
- Find something only you can say
- If you write well, you don't have to dress funny.
- The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there.
- To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's…
- I want a fever, in poetry: a fever, and tranquillity.
- To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished.
- There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.
- William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.
- You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento