Quotes About Interpretation

There's no reality but versions of reality.

everyone who exists is mentally compromised. We all accumulate false information over time, internalize it, and are influenced by it, consciously or otherwise. We are, in part, a product of these biases, as well as all other information we gather in our lifetimes.

Mr. Wellins said it didn't matter what a writer intended his work to mean, that the only thing that mattered was what it meant to the reader, and I guess I could see his point, but I still thought he was a creepy old pervert.

Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means.

If the true Church was really lost at some point, how can you know that your version of it is a true restoration? Falling back on sola scriptura does not solve this problem, since all the descendants of the Reformation, divided into hundreds of denominations and tens of thousands of independent congregations, all claim to be simply teaching the Bible.

By understanding how the same scene can appear different, depending on the viewpoint from which it is perceived, we learn to separate the accidents of viewpoint from the properties of the thing itself. By treating subjectivity objectively, we master it.

I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth and then I can fly free.

He has given me his gift of silence, knowing that at least I am free to construe my own truths about his feelings. It's generous.

Your interest lies in not asking questions," he said quietly. "Think what you like. But bear in mind this: the moment you are told what the point of your work is, you're dead. This isn't a film, it's for real. The full story is what you get told only if and when your work, and with it your existence, are no longer required." He smiled a sad smile. "Still, I do, in fact, wish you well. Believe me.

Ha, ha. I, my dear Ciri, am a poet. Poets know everything about things like this. I'll tell you something else; poets know more about this sort of thing than the people involved do.

You're talking nonsense while making wise and meaningful faces.

Those are just stories, Codringher.' 'You're right: stories. But do you know when stories stop being stories? The moment someone begins to believe in them.

Unclear tasks,' said the witcher dryly, 'can't be clearly executed.

Not lying, just embellishing, and there's a difference.

when gazing on a dream, one either sees great wisdom or great foolishness. The art is in recognising it.

Ta chansen att bada själv också. På din lukt kan jag avgöra allt om din häst: inte bara ras och ålder utan till och med färgen.

Attraverso la Cortina strappata passeranno allucinazioni. È una buona definizione di qualcosa che non ha una forma propria, ma la trova nel cervello di chi la osserva. Sempre che quel cervello sopporti una simile prova.

Draw huge, erect phalluses on the primitive hunters.

Wszystko ma?e jest odbiciem czego? wi?kszego.

a director should tell a story that is close to his own existential experience.

The difference in the past and history is that the past is set in stone history is just an account from the guy with the strongest axe

the past is what actually happened. History is merely what someone wrote.

you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television. "Of

Code is there to explain the comments to the computer.