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Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I preferred that my bad dreams be vague.

I preferred that my bad dreams be vague. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: What was more humiliating, I wondered: having to

What was more humiliating, I wondered: having to beg for someone's cold chicken bones or being offered them? — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: God is a freaking character, with enough foibles,

God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast? — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I still believe in love. I always will.

I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe

Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Short stories are fiction's R & D department,

Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: This is how it works now with the

This is how it works now with the news: the story begins with a moral, then a narrative is fashioned to support it. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: She was already dead, but we were starved

She was already dead, but we were starved for followers and stupefied by the elixir of our own heroism, and so we pretended words could resurrect her. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Stopping to think is fine for characters, but

Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The market is the only critic that matters.

The market is the only critic that matters. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I think of myself as writing realist American

I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: If the future, as imagined in literature, is

If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I sensed the presence of wizened bachelor potters

I sensed the presence of wizened bachelor potters working in sheds behind their mothers' houses. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever

I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Love is a powerful painkiller.

Love is a powerful painkiller. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as

Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I'd forgotten this about women: so many conditions.

I'd forgotten this about women: so many conditions. A man shouldn't take them to heart, and yet he does, because he doesn't want to be alone. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: This was all our world was made of:

This was all our world was made of: decomposed visions. Not atoms
bits of dreams. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like

Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Overpopulation has a ceiling: earth's total surface area

Overpopulation has a ceiling: earth's total surface area divided by the dimensions of one economy seat. One more baby is born and hello cannibalism. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: How soon human beings forget what a privilege

How soon human beings forget what a privilege it is to live in freedom. A privilege, not an honor. An honor would mean we deserved it. We do not. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence,

Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The lines we draw that make us who

The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The human body is strangely made and sometimes

The human body is strangely made and sometimes it pays not to think about it too closely. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: You long for a windfall that will let

You long for a windfall that will let you quit and pursue your great hobby — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: For time to pass it would have to

For time to pass it would have to go somewhere, and where would that be? Time sits. We move, it sits. Sometimes it trembles slightly, but that's all. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: At college, I wanted to be a poet.

At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The strange anthropological lesson of social media is

The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Art, art of any kind, shows that folks

Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: To apologize for your personal absolutes, for what

To apologize for your personal absolutes, for what Sandy Pinter calls your "Core Attachments," means apologizing for your very existence. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: It looked like just the sort of family

It looked like just the sort of family Americans dream of having: dumb and loving. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: His voice sounded more sincere in these surroundings,

His voice sounded more sincere in these surroundings, less distorted by pride and pain. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: My primary ambition is to be a fiction

My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer ... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: He lived in two modes, the apparent and

He lived in two modes, the apparent and the veiled, and in two realms, the opera and the sewer, and he shuttled between them like a genie. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: When Loughner himself speaks and we find out

When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what? — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Size has nothing to do with literature. All

Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: They lived in a blurry world, those two,

They lived in a blurry world, those two, where clear, consistent intentions weren't required. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College

Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Men who turn their faith into a business

Men who turn their faith into a business owe all of us a steak dinner now and then. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Our habit of wishing backward from what is

Our habit of wishing backward from what is to what might have been is the soft but persistent tapping that cracks the crystal. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I've come to learn that the determined and

I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Frustration comes from fighting your own momentum.

Frustration comes from fighting your own momentum. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I could see tall ideas standing up behind

I could see tall ideas standing up behind his eyes. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but

Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: She's everything I wanted when I was young

She's everything I wanted when I was young and everything I distrust now that I'm not. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Though I no longer liked him or respected

Though I no longer liked him or respected him, the thought of his disapproval frightened me. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: [T]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly.

[T]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: A writer who isn't writing is asking for

A writer who isn't writing is asking for trouble. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Writing about the future and the past is

Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what abides. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The atom was split by persistence.

The atom was split by persistence. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: In a world that's smarter than it used

In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The future of time, of how it's won

The future of time, of how it's won or lost, endured or enjoyed, expanded or compressed, will depend on how it's valued, not how it's measured. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring

Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate your friends? — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How

Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How could you? Three new text messages have just arrived, and another three, in a moment, will go out. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The best critic needn't be right, just interesting.

The best critic needn't be right, just interesting. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: I feel like my head is finally the

I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The most beautiful faces have some ugly in

The most beautiful faces have some ugly in them. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Meanness on request isn't meanness at all, but

Meanness on request isn't meanness at all, but kindness carried too far. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Central Wyoming was like hell without the flames,

Central Wyoming was like hell without the flames, an underworld thrust up onto the surface. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: You thought you were found but you realize

You thought you were found but you realize that you were lost, and someday you may discover that you're lost now. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.

Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Thoughts are thoughts and that's all they are.

Thoughts are thoughts and that's all they are. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Is it possible to be wiser on the

Is it possible to be wiser on the page than you are in life? I'm hoping so. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Liars are exhausting people.

Liars are exhausting people. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: In the age of networked everything, life moves

In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible)

Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better time for it. — Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn Quotes By Walter Kirn: The jurors appear vaguely stranded and at loose

The jurors appear vaguely stranded and at loose ends, uprooted from their routines and livelihoods. — Walter Kirn