Narcissism Quote by Hanif Kureishi

““Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.””

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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.

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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

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Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I…

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“Starenje nije za slabice.”

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“Ali isto tako sam i shvatio da prestupnistvo samo ucvrscuje pravila koja pokusava da prekrsi. Nista ne osnazuje normu kao odstupanje od nje.”

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One would hope, as well that intimacy would leave more of a mark, that more of it would remain. But it doesn’t. You just…

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“You see people truly when they enjoy the most.”

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I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and…

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What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.

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“People who were only ever half right about things drove me mad. I hated the flood of opinion, the certainty, the easy talk about…

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“Desire is naughty and doesn't conform to our ideals, which is why we have such a need of them. Desire mocks all human endeavour and makes it worthwhile. Desire is the original anarchist and undercover agent – no wonder people want it arrested and kept in a safe place. And just when we think we've got desire under control it…

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I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying…

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