"Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that mixes poorly with intimacy."

-- Jason Epstein

#Distance Quotes #Editors Quotes #Patient Quotes

“From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.”

Source : Walter Moers (2008). “The City of Dreaming Books”, p.48, The Overlook Press
“Each practitioner thinks there's one magic way to get a machine to be smart, and so they're all wasting their time in a sense. On the other hand, each of them is improving some particular method, so maybe someday in the near future, or maybe it's two generations away, someone else will come around and say, "Let's put all these together," and then it will be smart.”
“I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.”
“(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the movie Jurassic Park was shown in Israel, it was condemned by some Orthodox rabbis because it accepted evolution and because it taught that dinosaurs lived a hundred million years ago-when, as is plainly stated at every Rosh Hashonhan and every Jewish wedding ceremony, the Universe is less than 6,000 years old.”
“In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.”

Source : "A good night for Labour - phew!" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.
“Once you experience enormity, it lingers everywhere you look, and want to be every word you say.”
“We are extremely precise about the girls we like; they're not necessarily the "It" girls of the season. Sometimes this "It" girl business gets a bit hysterical. It's all about which girl did which shoot with which photographer.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?”

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