"Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Being Yourself Quotes #Unique Quotes #Editors Quotes

“False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation of the virtue quite opposite to the vice which constitutes his real character; it is a deceit.”
“You can have all the agents and publicists in the world but no one's ever going to give you 110 per cent like someone who loves you.”
“It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”
“I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.”
“If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do... HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?”
“I'm a talker. I love a good debate.”
“Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.”

Source : "Jonathan Demme On Future Projects ‘Old Fires,’ ‘Zeitoun’ And ‘This House We Live In’" by Jessica Kiang, www.indiewire.com. December 29, 2012.

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