Creative Quotations from . . .
Anita Brookner
(1928-____) born on Jul 16
English "art historian, writer". "She wrote biographical studies of 18th C. painters, including "Jacques-Louis David," 1981; wrote novel "Hotel du Lac," 1984."
 
   
F
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

R
What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere -- it is an art form in itself.
A
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.
N
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
K
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Novelists in Interview (ed. by John Haffenden, 1985)."
R: "Interview in Writers at Work (Eighth Series, ed. by George Plimpton, 1988)."
A: "Mr. Neville, in Hotel du Lac, ch. 7 (1984)."
N: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K: "Rachel, referring to Michael Sandberg, in A Friend From England, ch. 3 (1987)."



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