Brookner Writer Quotes & Sayings

Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people. — Edward Abbey

The work of art
acts like another living person
with whom we are conversing. — Anton Ehrenzweig

The answer to the first question was too impossible even to contemplate, but I would have to come to terms with it eventually. You see, we were in Hell. We were both in Hell. — Paul Kane

Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism. — John Goodlad

People think people are in charge, but they're wrong; it's the trees. — Jandy Nelson

It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your penance for not being lucky. It is an attempt to reach others and to make them love you. It is your instinctive protest, when you find you have no voice at the world's tribunals, and that no one will speak for you. I would give my entire output of words, past, present and to come, in exchange for easier access to the world, for permission to state "I hurt" or " I hate" or " I want". Or indeed, "Look at me". And I do not go back on this. For once a thing is known it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. And writing is the enemy of forgetfulness, or thoughtlessness. For the writer there is no oblivion. Only endless memory. — Anita Brookner

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about. — Madeleine Albright