"I used to be scared of the Candyman. You'd say his name three times in the mirror and then he'd come get you. I was terrified of that stuff becoming true. My older cousins used to say things to make us believe crazy stories like that, so I was scared of the Candymanuntil I knew better."

-- Tony Harrison

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“If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.”
“Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the artist is free to even surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition.”

Source : Sol LeWitt (1995). “Sol Lewitt: critical texts”, Power House Books
“All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke.”
“Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now!”

Source : Charles Stross (2006). “The Atrocity Archives”, p.32, Penguin
“It's good they're holding the Olympics in the East End of London. Means the athletes will have to use extra skill to work out which gunshot is the starting pistol.”
“Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more.”
“What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back?”

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