"The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me."

-- Jay Rayner

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“In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.”
“I'm an atrocious business man, because it's just not the way I think about things. And that's pretty much what all that Grammy/MTV kind of stuff is tied into.”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.
“Iâ€™m not really afraid to be my awkward self, and I know thereâ€™s lots and lots of other people just like me out there that are awkward themselves. And I think they just appreciate that Iâ€™m not afraid to say the weird things that I say and tweet the obnoxious things that I tweet. But Iâ€™ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best. I think you just be honest. I think people respond to honesty.”
“It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.”
“This is my life - I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories, and tell stories for an audience and everybody.”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. September 23, 2008.
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
“A good cover has a distinct silhouette”

Source : Kent Steine, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederic B. Taraba (1996). “The J.C. Leyendecker collection: American illustrators poster book”
“Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.”

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