"I am a tenor buff. I hear myself."

-- Luciano Pavarotti

“A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.”
“Don't kill yourself, have sex instead!”
“Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not to reach the heights of achievement, or even fail. It is only when an artist is dis-inhibited that he or she can reach the heights of artistic achievement.”
“If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up.”

Source : Jesse Ventura (2008). “Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!: From the Minnesota Governor's Mansion to the Baja Outback : Reflections and Revisionings”, Skyhorse Publishing Company Incorporated
“Creativity always dies a quick death in rooms that house conference tables.”
“Vain Art of the Fugue was the only one of my novels to be met with relative public recognition: it was nominated for the Prix MÃ©dicis by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Milan Kundera pocketed the prize instead and the public never clamored to buy it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Whenever I perform I try to connect with the crowd and give off energy so when they walk away from the show its remarkable and its something they talk about it, like 'damn I cant wait to come back to my show.'”
“Is that a joke? Please tell me you're joking. -Sophie I never joke about carnivorous bunnies. -Luca”

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