Patrick White quotes - page 2

Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one. (Patrick White)
I am interested in detail. I enjoy decoration. By accumulating this mass of detail you throw light on things in a longer sense: in the long run it all adds up. It creates a texture - how shall I put it - a background, a period, which makes everything you write that much more convincing. Of course, all artists are terrible egoists. Unconsciously you are largely writing about yourself. I could never write anything factual; I only have confidence in myself when I am another character. All the characters in my books are myself, but they are a kind of disguise. View quote
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Life is full of alternatives but no choice. View quote
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If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others. View quote
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I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm. View quote
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