"Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being."

-- George Eliot

#Change Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Influence Quotes

“What I try to do is write a story about a detective rather than a detective story. Keeping the reader fooled until the last, possible moment is a good trick and I usually try to play it, but I can't attach more than secondary importance to it. The puzzle isn't so interesting to me as the behavior of the detective attacking it.”
“A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees.”
“I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.”

Source : "The Miller's tale". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2004.
“...there is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we put on clothes or choose a book to read or a theater to go to, like choosing a day to be lived, within the limits grated by other destinies or chances.”
“What was once underground is now coming to the surface.”

Source : Klassiknet Interview, www.culturekiosque.com.
“In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.”
“During the hard training phase never be afraid to take a day off. If your legs are feeling unduly stiff and sore, rest; if you are at all sluggish, rest; in fact, if in doubt, rest.”
“Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.”

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