"The only enemy of art is taste."

-- Thomas Hoving

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“So, short stories have an even harder time, because they tend to get read during the day, between other things. They're interstitial. And yet the content of short stories tends to be very much "nighttime" content.”

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“People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.”
“The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.”
“Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find that rich seam of colourful stones, you will have to chip through dirt and rock. You will have to learn how to hold rubble in your hands and see the fortune inside.”
“All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.”
“If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. And if a common workman were sure to dream every night for twelve hours that he was a king, I believe he would be almost as happy as a king who should dream every night for twelve hours on end that he was a common workman.”
“Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”
“I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.”

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