Interestings Things Quotes & Sayings

Aw, so he used you as a penis cozy and then left? Guys are pigs. — Thomm Quackenbush

This is not just primitive rural superstition; [juju] is practiced by all kinds of people, from illiterate herd boys to multi-dregreed university professors. If you don't understand the power of this belief, you will never truly grasp the rich albeit often incomprehensible spirituality of Africa. — Lawrence Anthony

In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away. — Meg Wolitzer

I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing. — H.G.Wells

When I wrote 'The Interestings,' I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this. — Meg Wolitzer

It may sound strange to laymen, but psychotherapists are familiar with the fact that people are routinely terrified by mental health. — M. Scott Peck

The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have to roll up your pants, jump off the boat and wade in through the surf on your own power. There's absolutely no way to do this without getting soaking wet or even banged up on the coral, but it's worth all the trouble because the beach here is so beautiful, so special — Elizabeth Gilbert

From this day forward, because we are clearly the most interesting people who ever fucking lived," said Ethan, "because we are just so fucking compelling, our brains swollen with intellectual thoughts, let us be known as the Interestings. And let everyone who meets us fall down dead in our path from just how fucking interesting we are. — Meg Wolitzer

It's better to be a dictator than gay. — Alexander Lukashenko