"My books, at any rate, deserved to be burned."

-- Alfred Doblin

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“I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he believes he cannot compose music, he will come to nothing. He will not try hard enough. He will give up too soon when the elusive right melody takes too long to materialize.”
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
“My dad was one of those dads that would make me stop crying by threatening to beat me.”
“Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.”
“One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.”
“Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.”
“English is my second language. Laughter is my first.”

Source : "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.
“"A good director is one that lets you improv," that's ridiculous. There's some actors who should not be improving and there are some scripts that should not be touched. I think it's just a case by case basis.”

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