Steven Millhauser Quotes

You have always fought against your dreams, and 'I want' has never even shown its face. It was always drowned out by 'I must' or 'I hope' or 'I need...'

I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people.

All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.

I've nothing against anyone following their dreams - but not if they're crap.

dreams are our spiritual illustrated discovery journals.

I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face.

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

Everyone has their moments of solitude, difficulties, and vulnerability.

Me writing 'Black Rainbow' was me alone in a windowless room going insane.

I don't want to sacrifice my life, as I feel that I'm still very selfish and still want to pursue my dreams.

To see Grant Fuhr starring, to see Claude Vilgrain and Tony McKegney, it was very important for me to see to follow my dream.

Man is what his dreams are.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it.

Whatever you do in life, don't give up on your own dreams.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn

Follow your own particular dreams. We are handed a life by peers, parents and society, you can do that or follow your own dreams. Life is short, be a dreamer but be a practical person.

Never let anyone take away your dream.

gold never comes to the dreamers - except in dreams.

I think that we all have something in common in that we have dreams. The thing about dreams is sometimes you get to live them out.

Claim ownership of your dreams

In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside.

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

Because I have dreams and in those dreams I see the stars