"Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven."

-- Walter Benjamin

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“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand.”
“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.”

Source : The Harsh Voice "There Is No Conversation" (1935)
“Allure goes beyond appearances to the way they grace the world. Some women propel themselves by means of an internal gyroscope. Others glide through life as if on ice skates. Some women convey their tortured lives through their eyes; others encircle you in the music of their laughter.”

Source : Keith Donohue (2011). “The Stolen Child”, p.58, Random House
“I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.”
“One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.”
“It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.”
“It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.”

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