"I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my favorite. I didn't really become familiar with her work until after I started writing the book, but the more I learned about her the more I admired her."

-- Liza Campbell

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“I'm on cloud nine.. i wouldn't even say cloud nine... more like cloud ten... cloud nine was old news.”
“I don't want to know about my biggest idols. I don't want to read their autobiographies, I don't want to find out what they're really like.”

Source : "The sweetheart deal". Interview with Keith Cameron, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2003.
“The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.”
“With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.”
“Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.”
“The unnatural and the strange have a perfume of their own”
“All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.”
“I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that's surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.”

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