"...Genuine pathological openness is about as seductive as……" — David Foster Wallace

"...Genuine pathological openness is about as seductive as Tourette's Syndrome."

— David Foster Wallace

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303 Quotes by David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace has 303 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough…
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who…
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional…
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you…
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were,…
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one…
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky…
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare…
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus…
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine… — Honore de Balzac
When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip… — Glenn Beck
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. — Martha Beck
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is… — Joe Biden
Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new… — Tony Blair
Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. — William Throsby Bridges
Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on… — Alton Brown
The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept. — George Carlin
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. — George Carlin
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather… — George Carlin
You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar. — George Carlin
Always do whatever's next. — George Carlin

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