Barry N. Malzberg quotes
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“There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.”
-- Barry N. MalzbergSource : "Beyond Apollo". Book by Barry N. Malzberg, 1972.
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“Events," I say to the Captain, "events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any motivation. Everything is blind chance, happenstance, occurrence; in an infinite universe anything can happen. After the fact we find reasons.”
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“Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.”
-- Barry N. MalzbergSource : Barry N. Malzberg (2007). “Breakfast in the Ruins”, p.206, Baen Publishing Enterprises
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“Ruthven surmised that he had hit upon some of the central deceptions which had wrecked him and reduced him and so many of his colleagues to this condition. To surmise was not to conquer, of course; he was as helpless as ever but there was a dim liberation in seeing how he had been lied to, and he felt that at least he could take one thing from the terrible years through which he had come: he was free of self-delusion.”
-- Barry N. MalzbergSource : Barry N. Malzberg (2007). “Breakfast in the Ruins”, p.207, Baen Publishing Enterprises
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“"Events," I say to the Captain, "events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any motivation. Everything is blind chance, happenstance, occurrence; in an infinite universe anything can happen. After the fact we find reasons.”
-- Barry N. MalzbergSource : "Beyond Apollo". Book by Barry Malzberg, 1972.
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“Once you start rewriting, you're not able to stop. With each draft the fundamental banality and worthlessness of the material becomes more evident even as its vitality and spontaneity are drained from it.”
-- Barry N. Malzberg
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Source : "No Pain, No Gain" by Anthony Lane, www.newyorker.com. February 23 & March 2, 2015.
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“The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.”
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“I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.”
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“Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve”
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“Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better”
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Source : "Alessandro Nivola Talks Janie Jones and Redemption". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Novermber 01, 2011.
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