"Stay conscious and alive, day in and day…" — David Foster Wallace

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— 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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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,… — Marcus Aurelius
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up… — Michele Bachmann
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful… — Travis Barker
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then… — Roseanne Barr
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I… — Roseanne Barr

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