Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) French philosopher (1930-2004)
Some Statements and Truisms about Neologisms, Newisms, Postisms, Parasitisms, and other small Seismisms, The States of Theory, ed. David Carroll, New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.
“He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.”
Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Last update June 3, 2021. History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little ligh…" by Anne Lamott?
Anne Lamott146
Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist 1954Related quotes
Ray Bradbury book The Golden Apples of the Sun
The Foghorn, first published in The Saturday Evening Post (1951) with the title "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"
The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953)
Ishirō Honda (1911–1993) Japanese film director
As quoted by David Milner, "Ishiro Honda Interview" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/honda.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)
“Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.”
Kohta Hirano (1973) Japanese manga artist
“Someday, he thought, I would like to meet a monster who looked like a monster.”
Ira Levin book The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (1976)
“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Ishirō Honda (1911–1993) Japanese film director
As quoted by David Milner, "Ishiro Honda Interview" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/honda.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)