Charles McGrath quotes
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“Comic books are what novels used to be - an accessible, vernacular form with mass appeal - and if the highbrows are right, they're a form perfectly suited to our dumbed-down culture and collective attention deficit.”
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“That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing.”
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“The best vacation is still a book, a renewable ticket to places real and imaginary.”
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“Journalists are more powerful now than they've ever been, and we all know what power does. Anyone who disses the media is really asking for it. But it is the case that the journalists are what they are - world famous for vulgarity, alcoholism, spite.”
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“That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing.”
-- Charles McGrath
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“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”
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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”
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“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”
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“In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.”
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“I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.”
Source : "Learning How To Be King". Interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, www.nytimes.com. February 6, 2000.
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