Humphrey Carpenter Professions : Biographer Born : April 12, 1946 Died : January 4, 2005 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Humphrey Carpenter The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. Humphrey Carpenter tricks magic nice Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying. Humphrey Carpenter form book lying You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. Humphrey Carpenter stars ideas moving I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it? Humphrey Carpenter you magic baby believe Similar Authors Asahel Nettleton biographer Anne Sebba biographer Bodhidharma biographer Iris Origo biographer Donald Spoto biographer Derek Wilson biographer All Authors
