The light of memory, or rather the light that memory lends to things, is the palest light of all…I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or remembering, whether I have lived my life or dreamed it. Just as dreams do, memory makes me profoundly aware of the unreality, the evanescence of the world, […]
Eugène Ionesco — The Vale of Soul-Making
In Memory: “If you are a writer, you have to be someone who can be on your own. You can sit in a room for eight hours, and…” — Art of Quotation
“If you are a writer, you have to be someone who can be on your own. You can sit in a room for eight hours, and at the end of it you will have done something.”
– Stephen Jeffreys, 1950-2018, British, playwright
Naked Cities Note [MN]: The Guardian’s Obituary for Stephen Jeffreys can be found at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/18/stephen-jeffreys-obituary
“Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It’s almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.” — Art of Quotation
“Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It’s almost a form of meditation – an investigation of my own life.” Neil Simon, 1927-2018, playwright, Pulitzer Prize, Goodbye in 2018
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