David Rakoff Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
David Rakoff quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased writer born on Nov 27, 1964). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 45 we have for him.
“Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that truth, to really take it in, and then shop for groceries, get a haircut, do one's work; get on with the business of one's life. That's the hope, anyway.”
“The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.”
“Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Well, of course not Adam and Steve. Never Adam and Steve. It's Adam and Steven.”
“Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.”
“I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news.”
“Central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound.”
“I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.”
“I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.”
“There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.”
“About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact.”
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