"What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide."

-- Maxwell Perkins

#Thinking Quotes #Adults Quotes #Population Quotes

“I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.”
“My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.”
“Early on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life. Events of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life.”
“Long hair is a security blanket for me. I cut it short a few years ago and I really never want to do that again. When I do cut it, I cut it myself.”
“I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something”
“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.
“Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.”
“He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”

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