David Bezmozgis Professions : Writer Born : June 2, 1973 Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by David Bezmozgis We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be? David Bezmozgis taught limits Why are some people highly principled and willing to do anything for their principles, while most of us are not? And I am willing to not only ask, but also answer the question. David Bezmozgis principles answers people Most people will reach a point where, whatever their ideology, they will relent, or conform, and that keeps them kind of in the general mass of people. And for those who find that they can't, all of sudden they leave the general mass, they find that they become exceptions, and exceptional, and often this makes them public. David Bezmozgis mass kind people I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm. David Bezmozgis norm force thinking We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are. David Bezmozgis who-we-are doe thinking There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader. David Bezmozgis three-things character people Some is, I think, the personal in any act of writing. You find yourself caught up: you start a sentence, and it becomes revelatory, not just of the character, but of you as well. David Bezmozgis writing character thinking People everywhere feel differently at different times of their lives. David Bezmozgis different feels people Here I am: a Russian-speaking Jew living in Canada, and you, an Indian ex-patriot living in San Francisco. All of a sudden we commune in this moment about a much older Russian political dissident.That's the human part of being human: feeling those moments. David Bezmozgis san-francisco political here-i-am Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors