"We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in truth we need fresh sounds to utter, new enfranchised noises which would produce a new effect."

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Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.230, The Overlook Press

Mervyn Peake

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“Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.”
“You just want to find a story that grabs you and that you've never seen before, but somehow you can't imagine it not existing. It's like a good book. What makes a good book is hard to say. I don't know. I just look for something that grabs me. I don't have a way of looking for a project, and I don't know many people that do. It's just year to year, and what's going around and what's there.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired.”

Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits.”

Source : Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.
“God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope.”
“Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekickâ€”then itâ€™s personal. The bad guy isnâ€™t just the â€œbad guyâ€ anymore, heâ€™s the BAD GUY!”
“Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to "season" people.”
“Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2010). “Driving on the Rim”, p.238, Vintage

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