“There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.”

— Haruki Murakami, book Hear the Wind Sing

Source: Hear the Wind Sing

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair." by Haruki Murakami?

Haruki Murakami655

Japanese author, novelist 1949

Related quotes

“Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.”

Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) English physician and educator

Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians - Page 179 by Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington - Medical - 2000.
Collected Works

“But as of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test — That's the important thing. And the tests are all perfect. Like, the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Comparing coronavirus tests to his Ukraine phone call that led to his impeachment
during tour of Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, , quoted in * 2020-03-06
Trump Says Coronavirus Testing Is as ‘Perfect’ as His Ukraine Call
Chas Danner
New York
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trump-coronavirus-testing-as-perfect-as-ukraine-call.html
2020s, 2020, March

“There's a tyranny in perfection. Just do things to the very best of your ability. Then move on.”

Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

Website

“Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.”

Ann Richards (1933–2006) American politician

Ann Richards Discusses Texas, Politics and Humor, Larry King Live, CNN, 23 January 2001, 2006-09-16 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/23/lkl.00.html, <br class="br">2006

“WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA

“Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.”

Maud Hart Lovelace (1892–1980) American writer

Source: Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding

“Earth’s noblest thing, — a woman perfected.”

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

Irené

“The desire to be perfect. Women innately have this weird thing where they try to have a perfect persona—to look perfect, be perfect, act perfect, have their kids look a certain way. Women put so much pressure on themselves.”

Mila Kunis (1983) American actress

"Mila Kunis on Life With Ashton and Making Babies: “There’s Nothing We Don’t Know About Each Other"" in Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/mila-kunis-on-life-with-ashton-and-making-babies (6 July 2016)

“There is no such thing as a perfect drawing, especially if you're ametur.”

Mark Crilley (1966) Comic artist

Source: Miki Falls, Volume 3: Autumn

“There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Haruki Murakami655

Related quotes

Related topics