What did Julian Barnes mean by: Yes, of course we were pretentious — what else is youth for? Julian Barnes Author · England Copy
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Clarity, Contrast, Understanding, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Connection, Depth, Exploration, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Creativity, Fulfillment, Productivity, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ Irony … may be defined as what people miss. Author, July 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Julian Barnes, Communication, Misunderstanding, Perception, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Complexity, Imagination, Reflection, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
+ But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time. Author, August 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Julian Barnes, Imagination, Perspective, Time, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Accumulation, Responsibility, Unrest, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
But life never lets you go, does it? You can’t put down life the way you put down a book. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Julian Barnes, Inevitability, Perseverance, Resilience, 0 Julian Barnes Author · England
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
