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Quote by Padgett Powell

“Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.”

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Padgett Powell is an American novelist born on April 25, 1952. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound depiction of Southern American life. more

“It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the President had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone. It's a larger anthropological shift in my mind than even the tattoo age in the United States.”

“I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.”

Humans Long Whole Choices Long Time Addiction Oneself Seeking Vehicle Maximizing Activation

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“Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.”

Writing Book Bigs Hours Nice Vacation Retreat Writing A Book Diving

Author:Padgett Powell

“Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.”

Bigs Heavy Vacation Headache Booze

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“That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.”

World Fiction Creating

Author:Padgett Powell

“It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. That was the main thing.”

Trying Real Hard Teach Teacher Mom Ears Piano Your Mom

Author:Birdy

“My town's quite small and you kinda recognize everyone when you see them, so I definitely get funny looks from people.”

People Looks Towns

Author:Birdy

“I think that if I couldn't write, I would be unemployable.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Would Be

Author:Aaron Sorkin

“I love writing. I'm not particularly comfortable in the actual world - I'm much more comfortable on the page. So if I could have a life where I could just slip the pages under the door and somebody would slip me a meal back, then that would be perfect for me.”

Ifs World Writing Would Be Perfect Doors Comfortable Pages Meals If I Could Slips Perfect For Me

Author:Aaron Sorkin

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