Edith Pearlman famous quotes
07-18-2025
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It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.
-- Edith Pearlman -
I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?
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Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.
-- Edith Pearlman
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For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.
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What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?
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Life is more important than 'what film I do next.
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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.
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I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored
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I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
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There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.
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When our consciousness is quiet, the waves of thought cease and we see clearly enough to relate back to our spirit. we connect with who we really are.
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Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.
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I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.
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