"Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth."

Myth, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Imagination

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"Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth."

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"There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Myth,

"The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Myth, War, Power, Truth, Wisdom

"The more real things get, the more like myths they become."

Rainer W. Fassbinder, German Filmmaker

Myth, Myths

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Myth,

"If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them."

Richard Rohr, American Theologian

Myth, Meaning, Psychology, Life

"O weep for Adonis - He is dead.' 'Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Myth, Life, Death, Observation, Dream

"The Angel Gabriel disappeared once for sixty years and they found him on earth hiding in the body of a man named Miles Davis."

Christopher Moore, American Novelist

Myth, Music, Humor, Mystery

"Mind of myth sees ghost."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Myth, Mind, Supernatural, Perception

"I am attracted to myths."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Myth, Myths

"I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Myth, Confidence, Ambition, Identity, Power

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"Better to be dirty than dead."

Life

"You play the game to the end. That's how it works, play to the end."

Success

"He didn't know if that was really true or not, but he discovered something which was tremendously liberating: he didn't care. He was very tired of thinking and thinking and still not knowing. He was also tired of being frightened, like a man who has entered a cave on a lark and now begins to suspect he is lost. Stop thinking about it, then. That's the solution."

Mind

"It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around."

Art

"If I kept saying it, if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't."

Motivational

"Get busy living, or get busy dying."

Attitude

"Only God gets it right the first time and only a slob says, "Oh well, let it go, that's what copyeditors are for."

Wisdom

"It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost."

Philosophy

"All right. Here's the deal, bigshot: suck my cock. Do that and I'll let you go. Straight trade."He unzipped his fly and pulled down the elastic front of his shorts. Something that looked like a dead whitesnake fell out. Johnny observed the thin stream of blood driz-zling from it without surprise. The cop was bleeding from every other orifice, wasn't he?"Speaking in the literature sense," the cop said, grinning, "this particular blowjob is going to be a little more Anne Rice than Armistead Maupin. I suggest you follow Queen Victoria's advice - close your eyes and think of strawberry shortcake."

Horror

"He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't."

Emotion