Quote by Ian Mcewan
A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack o

A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew. – Ian Mcewan

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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether thats even possible, interested me. – Ian Mcewan

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I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that Ill never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence. – Ian Mcewan

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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. – Twyla Tharp

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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along. – Samuel Butler, “Speech at the Somerville Club,” 27 February 1895

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If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the bodys sufferings. We shall become free. – Vinoba Bhave

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In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didnt enable you to do that. It wasnt my style. – Cat Stevens

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