"Tinted Distances is the achievement of a wise and discerning poet."

-- Claudia Emerson

#Wise Quotes #Distance Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“Go by your own conscience.”
“I personally have more faith than the average writer in people's willingness to be complicated, and so I'm thrilled by what's happened. I'm elated at audiences' willingness to handle complexity. In some sense, I feel like my belief in what people are capable of is being validated.”

Source : "he Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.
“That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment”
“The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.”
“I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.”
“My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Back then, as a kid, you made a choice of who you liked, and it was either us or 'Take That.' And if you liked 'East 17', it showed you knew what was going on, you were clued up, had better taste in music.”
“I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.”

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