“We tell ourselves our own stories, selectively, in order to keep our sense of self intact.”
Source: Journalism: The Democratic Craft
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Famous Robert Stone Quotes
Source: Helping
Source: Damascus Gate
“When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.”
“The lessons I learned that were most important were the ones that hurt my feelings.”
“The things that you know more about than you want to know are very useful.”
Source: Dog Soldiers
“That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.”
“If you haven't fought for your life for something you want, you don't know what's life all about.”
Source: Dog Soldiers
“It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it”
“Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?”
“What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export.”
“I try very hard to be fair, and I look for ironies. In a way, I live on ironies as a novelist.”
“It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid.”