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Quote by J. P. Donleavy

“On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.”

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J. P. Donleavy is an Irish-American novelist born on April 23, 1926. Known for his unique humor and satirical style, his works include 'The Ginger Man' and 'The Dubliners'. more

“There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said, "I'm sorry, Jim. When you're directing, you don't need to know everything. You need the illusion that you do." And, you know, and I WOULD be there behind him trying to signal the actors in, you know, in a way I wasn't even aware of.”

Knows Way Needs Trying Said Would Be Actors Behinds Directors Illusion Sorry I'm Sorry Signals

Author:James L. Brooks

“The facts of history have been too well rehearsed.”

Wells Has Beens Facts History

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“One can lose a good idea by not writing it down, yet by losing it one can have it: it nourishes other asides it knows nothing of, would not recognize itself in, yet when the negotiations are terminated, speaks in the acts of that progenitor, and does recognize itself, is grateful for not having done so earlier.”

Knows Writing Doe Ideas Done Speak Loses Losing Grateful Good Ideas Negotiation

Author:John Ashbery

“The mind Is so hospitable, taking in everything Like boarders, and you don't see until It's all over how little there was to learn Once the stench of knowledge has dissipated.”

Mind Littles

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“Once a happy old man One can never change the core of things, and light burns you the harder for it.”

Men Light Age Harder Core Old Age Old Man Never Change

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“What is the past, what is it all for? A mental sandwich?”

Past Sandwiches

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“I am often asked why I write, and I don't know really--I just want to.”

Knows Want Writing

Author:John Ashbery

“We might realize that the present moment may be one of an eternal or sempiternal series of moments, all of which will resemble it because, in some ways, they are the present, and won't in other ways, because the present will be the past by that time.”

Way May Moments Might Past Realizing Eternal Series Present Moment

Author:John Ashbery

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