"A law is always that much more scary and that much more effective for a totalitarian state if it's selectively enforced."

-- Masha Gessen

“I am not sure that the discovery of love is necessarily more exquisite than the discovery of poetry.”

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar (1954). “Memoirs of Hadrian”
“I always tell younger filmmakers, it's not just about the acting or the art itself. It's about how big of an audience watches your film.”
“Life is hard for insects. And don't think mice are having any fun either.”
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”
“It's time for America to get right.”
“Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.”
“I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.”

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