Anita Brookner Quotes

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
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.
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.
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
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Anita Brookner
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16 July, 1938
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