Anita Brookner Quotes

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.
Anita Brookner

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
Anita Brookner

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
Anita Brookner

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.
Anita Brookner

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
Anita Brookner

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Anita Brookner Quotes

Type: Historian Quotes Category: English Historian Quotes Date of Birth: July 16, 1938 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Anita Brookner Related Authors: Edward Gibbon Harold Acton Thomas B. Macaulay John Acton John Keegan James Anthony Froude Edward Norman Henry James Sumner Maine	1 - 2 What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself. Anita Brookner Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted. Anita Brookner You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't. Anita Brookner 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. Anita Brookner You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed. Anita Brookner 1 - 2