#pretend

In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#conventional #copyright #day #disguised #distinctive

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually. ↗

— Helen Garner

#book #completely #doing #engagement #i

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. ↗

— Cary Grant

#finally #i #me #person #pretended

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor. ↗

— Alec Guinness

#could #else #i #know #pretend

I have always been afraid... Always been pretending to follow you closely, alwyas been pretending to sharpen my teeth, when the truth is, I am ... scared to death just treading on your shadow. ↗

— Tite Kubo

#anime #bleach #death #pretending #renji

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#arrangement #divisible #henry #henry james #i

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#children #course #cultures #encouragement #imitation

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting. ↗

— John Hurt

#business #essence #game #me #other

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#i #like #me #nothing #pretend