“Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore”
Source: Giovanni's Room
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(1924-1987) writer from the United States 1924–1987Related quotes
As quoted in "Ingmar Bergman: Summing Up A Life In Film" by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times Magazine (26 June 1983).
Context: I was very cruel to actors and to other people. I think I was a very, very unpleasant young man. If I met the young Ingmar today, I think I would say, "You are very talented and I will see if I can help you, but I don't think I want anything else to do with you." I don't say I'm pleasant now, but I think I changed slowly in my 50's. At least I hope I've changed.
“Only very young soldiers and head-cases object to boredom in war-time.”
Source: Quartered Safe Out Here (1992), p. 212.
Source: The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982), Chapter 11, Too Many Underwriters, Too Many Agents, p. 196.
“Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.”
Source: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 61.
“Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?”
Source: The Shining
“Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.”
Comment about the title of Robert Fulghum's famous book, in I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional : The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions (1992), Introduction, p. 7