Quotes by Thinking I don't think of an actor. I think in the character, and then I search for the actor. Usually I'm thinking without names, because they will change my idea. No big egos. If I want egos - just mine. That is enough. Alejandro Jodorowsky namescharacterthinking I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as being bad. Alejandro Zambra rich-or-poorpridethinking You can say that literature is about topics like love, death, and all that, but I think there is only one topic that applies to all literature and that is belonging. Alejandro Zambra like-loveliteraturethinking I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it. Alejandro Zambra differenttryingthinking I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think. Alejandro Zambra doubtwritingthinking Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that doesn't seem to be important for the rest of society, but we are people who want to get in touch - really in touch. We want to be thinking together. Alejandro Zambra hippiepeoplethinking For me, there has never been one definition of beauty. I think we all have something to offer and when beauty shines from within, there can be no denying it Alek Wek definitionsshiningthinking When it’s all said and done I would like to look back and think that I help to make modelling a possibility for a greater number of people. I don’t do things that I will regret in the future. I tend to err on the side of caution. Not to mention the fact that the present world I reside in would not have been possible without my past. I am most proud of being able to represent my family and community with honour and dignity. Alek Wek regretpastthinking I think I enjoy London the best as it's where I started my career. But Paris is beautiful too. Alek Wek careersbeautifulthinking Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet. Aleksa Palladino simplenew-yorkthinking I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other. Aleksa Palladino visualssongthinking I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there. Aleksa Palladino strange-placesfeelingsthinking I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all. Aleksandar Hemon losingwinningthinking When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not. Aleksandar Hemon usedlooksthinking Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections. Aleksandar Hemon votingagencythinking You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated. Aleksandar Hemon gapsnarrativethinking I think it's interesting, from a creative point of view, to have witnessed the loss of consciousness on a national level and on a cultural level - Bush had 91 percent support in the polls after 9/11. We wanted to kick some ass! Aleksandar Hemon viewslossthinking There's something in psychology called the narrative paradigm, which essentially means that we think of our lives as stories in which we are the main characters. Aleksandar Hemon charactermeanthinking The way I think of my work is that I have to think up the way to tell a story, starting from scratch. The changes in the industry concern me in a general way because I think civilization is doomed. Aleksandar Hemon scratchescivilizationthinking It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories. Aleksandar Hemon storiesneedsthinking«9899100101102103104105106107108»
