Quotes Tagged With :banal

To paraphrase Hannah Arendt—as portrayed in the recently released movie of the same name—the Nazi....

Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are....

So always avoid banality. That is, avoid illustrating the author's words and remarks. If you want to....

Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care,....

There are so many priests who enter triumphantly and walk up toward the altar, greeting people left and....

Creativity is contagious. And so is banality. Criticism is an art in itself. Don’t let the dullness....

The real troubles with living is that living is so banal.

At Dachau. We had a wonderful pool for the garrison children. It was even heated. But that was before....

It’s that I no longer know where I am. I seem to move around perfectly easily among people, to have....

Perhaps Lila was right: my book—even though it was having so much success—really was bad, and this....