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Lynne Tillman Quotes

It’s true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long time after college, and when I was first back, I’d read The Village Voice and feel like I was having a panic attack Picture Quote #1

I’m very interested in animal behavior, and the relationship of human beings to other animal behavior Picture Quote #1

I don’t have the education of an art historian. I’ve certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself to some extent. But I’m not a skilled or thorough art historian and I wouldn’t call myself an art critic Picture Quote #1

I’m trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence Picture Quote #1

As a reader myself, which precedes my being a writer, of course, I read in order to enter another world Picture Quote #1

I unlearned the model of being an editor like Ezra Pound with T.S. Eliot, the unconscious belief that America was the center of the world, and that honesty meant saying what I thought and always being direct Picture Quote #1

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When I’m choosing things, there’s a level of intelligence I want to peel off, whether it’s written in terribly simple sentences, whether it’s from the point of view of a dog, or a 15-year-old boy Picture Quote #1

Now that I am conscious of the world of chronic pain, when I see somebody walking down the street who’s having trouble, I feel a sadness for them. I notice Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t that I wanted to be an artist. But when I took my first drawing class with the painter Doug Ohlson, I could never finish a drawing Picture Quote #1

People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism Picture Quote #1

You learn to read in kindergarten or first grade, and suddenly there’s this other world that isn’t your family or your school or your friends. It’s something else Picture Quote #1

In depression, you’re flattened. Your energy level is gone. When I’m anxious, I tend to have more energy. But it depends on the nature of the anxiety. The anxiety to finish something would seem to be more productive than the anxiety that says, You’re feeling sick Picture Quote #1

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Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead Picture Quote #1

Certainly there will always be stories Picture Quote #1

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It’s true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long time after college, and when I was first back, I’d read The Village Voice and feel like I was having a panic attack. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) I’m very interested in animal behavior, and the relationship of human beings to other animal behavior. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) I don’t have the education of an art historian. I’ve certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself to some extent. But I’m not a skilled or thorough art historian and I wouldn’t call myself an art critic. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) I’m trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) As a reader myself, which precedes my being a writer, of course, I read in order to enter another world. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) I unlearned the model of being an editor like Ezra Pound with T.S. Eliot, the unconscious belief that America was the center of the world, and that honesty meant saying what I thought and always being direct. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) When I’m choosing things, there’s a level of intelligence I want to peel off, whether it’s written in terribly simple sentences, whether it’s from the point of view of a dog, or a 15-year-old boy. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) Now that I am conscious of the world of chronic pain, when I see somebody walking down the street who’s having trouble, I feel a sadness for them. I notice. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) It wasn’t that I wanted to be an artist. But when I took my first drawing class with the painter Doug Ohlson, I could never finish a drawing. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism (Lynne Tillman Quotes) You learn to read in kindergarten or first grade, and suddenly there’s this other world that isn’t your family or your school or your friends. It’s something else. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) In depression, you’re flattened. Your energy level is gone. When I’m anxious, I tend to have more energy. But it depends on the nature of the anxiety. The anxiety to finish something would seem to be more productive than the anxiety that says, You’re feeling sick. (Lynne Tillman Quotes) Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead (Lynne Tillman Quotes) Certainly there will always be stories (Lynne Tillman Quotes)