"Literature bores me, especially great literature" — John Berryman
"Literature bores me, especially great literature"
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John Berryman
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25 Quotes by John Berryman
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We must travel in the direction of our fear.
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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At…
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns, we ourselves…
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So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise…
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Offering Dragons quarter is no good, they regrow all their parts and come on again. They have to be killed.
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Wishin' was dyin' but I gotta make it all this way to that bed on these feet.
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We are using our own skins for wallpaper and we cannot win.
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One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.
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Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
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This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.
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Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general,…
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Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
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Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But…
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I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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