It's one thing to be banal, stupid, and idiotic on the inside. It's another to have it captured in writing. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes banal capture idiotic
My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about. Karl Ove Knausgaard createeyeintention Change image and share on social
My writing became more and more minimalist. In the end, I couldn't write at all. For seven or eight years, I hardly wrote. But then I had a revelation. What if I did the opposite? What if, when a sentence or a scene was bad, I expanded it, and poured in more and more? After I started to do that, I became free in my writing. Karl Ove Knausgaard badendexpand share on social
My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce. Karl Ove Knausgaard basicallyimagelandscape share on social
Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time that - for the character - defines her, changes her, is the tipping point for all that will follow. Ellen Klages artcapturecharacter share on social
Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. Guy Debord banalcirculationconsider Change image and share on social
I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why. Joss Whedon academicculturedent share on social