Arthur Golden This character’s entirely invented, and the woman that I interviewed wouldn’t recognize herself, or really anything about herself, in this book, which she hasn’t read, because she doesn’t read English. – Arthur Golden Book Quotes Characters Quotes English Quotes Interviewed Quotes Invented Quotes Read Quotes Recognize Quotes Woman Quotes I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it. As an American man of the 1990s writing about a Japanese woman of the 1930s, I needed to cross three cultural divides – man to woman, American to Japanese, and present to past.
Alison Elliott I wasn’t a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I’ll be happy. – Alison Elliott
GreatLifeRobert Frost The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. – Robert Frost
James Gosling I’ve made the comment that democracies work slower than dictatorships. That’s a true thing. – James Gosling
Bo Burnham I know I’m probably digging for fresh fruit in the garbage, and as much as anyone, my attitude is, if stuff’s sincere, it’s gooey and boring and uninteresting. But it’s no way to live. – Bo Burnham
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