"There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled."

-- Edward Lucas

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“I'm not giving up on my work. I'm still trying to challenge people's aesthetics and myself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I had a very full life, with pains and losses, of course. I lost all the people I was closest to: my partner, my father, and my best friends, but I can't complain. I am 91 years old and I am still here at my desk.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm not sure I had ever written a fan letter before to a poet I had not met, but that's what I did when I read two poems by Gregory Woods ... I admired them especially for their technical virtuosity, in that it was technique completely used, never for the sake of cleverness but as a component of feeling ... What an enviable talent Gregory Woods has”
“My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.”
“Hitting the kid with the ball might get you the ball, but it won't get you anyone to throw it to.”
“This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more.”
“I wouldn't say I was a rebel as such, but I certainly wasn't right at school.”

Source : "The kiss of death" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2007.
“I never did like the idea of sitting on newspapers. I did it once, and all the headlines came off on my white pants. On the level! It actually happened. Nobody bought a paper that day. They just followed me around over town and read the news on the seat of my pants.”

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