"Maybe that, really, is as good a definition……" — Claire Messud

Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an… - Claire Messud

"Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an artist in the world: a ruthless person."

— Claire Messud

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26 Quotes by Claire Messud

Claire Messud has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with…
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every…
Just because something is invisible doesn't mean it isn't there. At any given time, there are a host of invisibles…
Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none…
And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the thought: it's not like this anymore; the world…
It doesn't ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so carefully, that it will grow into your skin…
Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly…
If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble.
We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary journal in America today.
I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring…
I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to…

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