“The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers.”
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Famous Richard Powers Quotes
“The use of music is to remind us how short a time we have a body.”
Source: The Time of Our Singing: A Novel
“I don't mind arguing with myself. It's when I lose that it bothers me.”
“Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.”
Source: The Time of Our Singing: A Novel
“In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block.”
“The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream.”
“Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases.”
“We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is.”
“All we can ever do is lay a word in the hands of those who have put one in ours.”
Source: Galatea 2.2: A Novel
“Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind.”
Source: Generosity
Source: Generosity: An Enhancement
“When you're sure of what you're looking at, look harder.”
Source: Generosity
“What I really like to learn how to do is to build sentences that are equal to mental states.”