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The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.

The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.

Michael Gruber
Evil People, Problem, Worst

But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

Michael Gruber
Art, Character, People

As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.

Michael Gruber
Childhood, Matter, Facts
Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son: A Novel”, p.93, Macmillan

But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.

Michael Gruber
Stress, Mean, People
Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son: A Novel”, p.93, Henry Holt and Company

Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?

Michael Gruber
Does It Matter, Stills, Still Life
Michael Gruber (2009). “The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.

Michael Gruber
Book, Air, Intellectual

Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.

Michael Gruber
Teacher, People, Owing
Michael Gruber (2009). “The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel”, p.54, Harper Collins

It's part of what we call the Shadow, all the dark parts of us we can't face. It's the thing that, if we don't deal with it, eventually poisons our lives.

Michael Gruber
Dark, Shadow, Poison
Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son”, p.134, Atlantic Books Ltd

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