"A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less."

-- Henry Edward Manning

#Writing Quotes #Criticize Quotes #Critics Quotes

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
“I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.”

Source : "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. July 27, 2004.
“Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government redlining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Let's squander some on Mars. Let's go out and play.”
“I wanted many of the poems to have long legs. At first I was calling them clothespin poems, before I knew what I was doing. The lines seem pulled on either end, tight and taut against the wind.”
“I don't always just want to do the same thing.”
“Gandalf, dwarves and Mr. Baggins! We are met together in the house of our friend and fellow conspirator, this most excellent and audacious hobbitâ€”may the hair on his toes never fall out!”
“Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.[only if the past was better...if it was worse then you feel good that life is getting better]”
“The relevant features of scientific practice often have mundane explanations which don't point to any deep metaphysical moral. (Thus it would simply be messy and pointless for the chemists to essay physical reductions, or for the biologists to offer number-free explanations. It's a weird kind of science-worship that views these practical considerations as clues to the nature of reality.)”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

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