"Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to ideas and feelings that are of deep importance but canâ€™t afford airtime in a commercialized, status-consciou s, and cynical world."

-- Alain de Botton

#Ideas Quotes #Cynical Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I don't have a car." His eyes sliced into mine. "I walked here," I explained. "I'm on foot." "Angel," he said in a way that sounded like he sincerely hoped I was joking.”
“Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.”

Source : Interview with Briony Hanson, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2009.
“People who donâ€™t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who donâ€™t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.”
“Don't forget that SlideShare is indexed by Google. Great opportunity to appear in search results.”
“From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men”
“For me it's much more like a little kid rebelling. The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life. I come from the business side and Mark comes from the creative side, but every time a decision came up about Creep it was two emails, and we agreed. I've not had that ever with someone on the creative or the business side.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.”
“I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and give him a record, and John Cage just smiled and said, "You know I have nothing to play this on?"”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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