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List of Douglas Kennedy Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 19 inspiring quotes by Douglas Kennedy.

About Douglas Kennedy

  • Born: January 1, 1955
  • Occupation: Novelist
    • The decision to write full time was made when i was twenty-eight years old and had just had two small plays accepted for bbc radio.
    Writing Eight Years
    We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves.
    Thinking Wounds
    We all want to fix things. just as we all believe that so much in life can be rectified. mend fences, build bridges, reach out, engage in mutual healing.
    Believe Healing Bridges
    We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific.
    Keys Admitting Facts
    Words matter, words have import.
    Matter Words Matter Imports
    From graham greene, i learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.
    Doubt Individual
    There were moments when i felt seriously unhinged; when i was convinced that i would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony.
    Agony Would Be Moments
    With a novel, no matter where i am in it, i'm fretting about it. every time i write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. then i gain momentum.
    Book Writing Matter
    I've been known to write on the underground in london and on the subway in new york. i have two or three cafes in paris that i go into. i find a corner with a little shade, and i can work.
    New York Writing Two
    If there is an abiding theme in 'the pursuit of happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.
    Pursuit Of Happiness Past Ideas
    All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?
    Unique Stories
    We all talk about how much we hate lies. yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.
    Hate Lying Dodge
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