Quote diary: From Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings

Jules is an aspiring comedic actress who doubts her ability and talent. Eventually, an acting teacher, Yvonne asks, "'Why are you acting?...Have you ever asked yourself whether the world actually needs to see you act? We are all here on this earth for only one go-round. And everyone thinks their purpose is just to find their passion. But perhaps our purpose is also to find out what other people need. And maybe the world does not actually need to see you, my dear, reciting a tired old monologue from the Samuel French collection or pretending to be drunk and staggering around.'"
(p. 233)

Quote: John Seabrook on producer Mike Will

From New Yorker, July 11 and 18, 2016:
He seems like a bit of a control freak who understands that control has no useful part in the process.

Worth Noting: E.M. Cioran on the purposes of writing

I found this wonderful quote used as in epigram in Kurt Russell's new book I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son. It is from E. M. Cioran: "Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone."