"I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic…" — Michael Cunningham

"I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act."

— Michael Cunningham

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101 Quotes by Michael Cunningham

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There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to…
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished…
As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that…
Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they…
People are more than you think they are. And they're less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way…
I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a…
Sure, go ahead, simulate life, using only ink and paper.
You can't find peace by avoiding life.
I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers…

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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