"If the writer were more like a reader,……" — Julian Barnes

"If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that."

— Julian Barnes

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184 Quotes by Julian Barnes

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The land of embarrassment and breakfast.
What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but…
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
Irony ... may be defined as what people miss.
Global warming is more of a blessing than a curse.
When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen:…
Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.
This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is…
You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not.…
There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic…
Why should anything happen when everything has happened?
As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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