"First-book novelists and storywriters haven't yet failed and so it's easier to publish them - you can gamble on a success. Whereas someone who has written four books that are highly literary and demanding and require you as a reader. They may not be republished."

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Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com

Frederick Busch

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“The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are youâ€™ll do your best thinking that way.”
“I did not find Liverpool ugly. Her stately public buildings, broad streets, public squares, and noble statues redeem her from the charge.”
“I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 1999.
“Whoever accepts the higher mission of art and comes nearer and nearer to it through his creative activity, will then go on from art to the Spirit deep within his own self... The philosophic search for enlightenment and the artist's search for perfection of work can meet and unite. Art can be a path to spiritual enlightenment but not to complete and lasting enlightenment. It can be born out of, and can give birth itself to, only Glimpses. For art is a search for beauty, which by itself is not enough. Beauty must be supported by virtue and both require wisdom to guide them.”
“A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening...”
“We are all advertising, all of the time. If you want to sell your car, what do you do? You clean and polish it and make it the best you can. Some people bake bread when they are trying to sell their house because the smell adds a friendly feeling. Even the priest, with all his or her fervour, is advertising God. Everybody is selling.”
“Music isnâ€™t just music, itâ€™s therapy.”
“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”

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