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Fred DAguiar Quotes

Much of the visualizing is imaginative Picture Quote #1

I usually feel something before I know it Picture Quote #1

I want a theory to come out to guide policy Picture Quote #1

At bottom, I’m a cheerful person Picture Quote #1

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can’t speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way Picture Quote #1

Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions Picture Quote #1

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Bruce Lee, before he fought, he would try to visualize how the fight would go, because he was visualizing a victorious path out of the combat Picture Quote #1

Bruce Lee, before he fought, he would try to visualize how the fight would go, because he was visualizing a victorious path out of the combat Picture Quote #1

People who are suffering have to visualize ways out of tragedy to actually get out of it Picture Quote #1

The first hit on the nervous system is the one I’m most interested in, because I think if you hit the reader emotionally, the reader can’t guarantee the lessons they would like to learn Picture Quote #1

When you walk to the end of a fiction, its procedure is 1) intuitive; and 2) emotional. Its intelligence is emotional, I think Picture Quote #1

I’m interested in someone who’s mired in grief: how do you get back to that thing that makes them warm? Because you know that’s in there Picture Quote #1

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If you die without agency as a child, but you have agency in your body [in the novel], how is it to be enacted unless it is being reimagined by a writer Picture Quote #1

People were always hungry, bullied, afraid, paranoid - so I just thought I’d show that in the novel in a kind of suffocating way Picture Quote #1

I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I’m in the postmodern age Picture Quote #1

I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that Picture Quote #1

People seem very comfortable having a kind of Cheesecake Factory-type of life Picture Quote #1

If you’re just mired in privilege, there’s nothing to learn; learning appears to be over Picture Quote #1

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My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father’s side Picture Quote #1

I can’t stay engaged for years with a book unless it has feelings. It can’t be an idea for me - it has to be a felt thing Picture Quote #1

Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions Picture Quote #1

I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a feel for it and then some sort of a lesson based on feeling Picture Quote #1

Whenever I went to an historical moment that was sad or where something terrible happened, it was, for me, a learning moment, a teaching moment for those who survived Picture Quote #1

With kids, they force you to get out of bed. They force you to smile. They remind you of spontaneity Picture Quote #1

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Much of the visualizing is imaginative (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I usually feel something before I know it (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I want a theory to come out to guide policy (Fred DAguiar Quotes) At bottom, I’m a cheerful person (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can’t speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions. (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Bruce Lee, before he fought, he would try to visualize how the fight would go, because he was visualizing a victorious path out of the combat. (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Bruce Lee, before he fought, he would try to visualize how the fight would go, because he was visualizing a victorious path out of the combat (Fred DAguiar Quotes) People who are suffering have to visualize ways out of tragedy to actually get out of it (Fred DAguiar Quotes) The first hit on the nervous system is the one I’m most interested in, because I think if you hit the reader emotionally, the reader can’t guarantee the lessons they would like to learn (Fred DAguiar Quotes) When you walk to the end of a fiction, its procedure is 1) intuitive; and 2) emotional. Its intelligence is emotional, I think (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I’m interested in someone who’s mired in grief: how do you get back to that thing that makes them warm? Because you know that’s in there (Fred DAguiar Quotes) If you die without agency as a child, but you have agency in your body [in the novel], how is it to be enacted unless it is being reimagined by a writer (Fred DAguiar Quotes) People were always hungry, bullied, afraid, paranoid - so I just thought I’d show that in the novel in a kind of suffocating way (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I’m in the postmodern age (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that (Fred DAguiar Quotes) People seem very comfortable having a kind of Cheesecake Factory-type of life (Fred DAguiar Quotes) If you’re just mired in privilege, there’s nothing to learn; learning appears to be over (Fred DAguiar Quotes) My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father’s side (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I can’t stay engaged for years with a book unless it has feelings. It can’t be an idea for me - it has to be a felt thing (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions (Fred DAguiar Quotes) I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a feel for it and then some sort of a lesson based on feeling (Fred DAguiar Quotes) Whenever I went to an historical moment that was sad or where something terrible happened, it was, for me, a learning moment, a teaching moment for those who survived (Fred DAguiar Quotes) With kids, they force you to get out of bed. They force you to smile. They remind you of spontaneity (Fred DAguiar Quotes)