I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.

Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

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Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're...

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your...

Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your...