Twisted 8 ½ Quotes

“To live intensely is a basic human necessity.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“My philosophy in gadgets is simple: Use them until they fall apart. Ignore new models as long as you can; they're a plot to separate you from your money.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“To work problems out for yourself, to find you own way out of ignorance, to know the pleasure of knowing - these things improve the quality of life. Unfashionable, even impractical, but true.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“The challenge for all of us in this day and age is to distinguish between the merely surprising and the truly amazing.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“He made writing look easy and critics hate that. They like evidence of a struggle, of creative agony, wringing the masterpiece out of one’s guts. After all, most critics think of themselves as writers, or had attempted to become writers. This leads to the bizarre situation in which failed writers pass judgment on writers who actually write for a living.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it’s a sign of “authenticity.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½

“The guilty pleasure defense. In my view if it’s guilty, it ain’t pleasure.”
― Jessica Zafra, Twisted 8 ½