"Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar."

-- Mark Twain

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“The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and theres ongoing creative revelations. Yes, its really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.”

Source : "Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse on the End (?) of Lost". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.vulture.com. May 11, 2010.
“Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2003). “Second Glance”, p.450, Simon and Schuster
“Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.”

Source : "Detective Story". Book by Imre Kertész, 2008.
“I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.”
“No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.”
“I really like the way that Jack Nicholson [acts] in particular works. I like the fact that he takes enormous risks. He's an enormously disciplined actor who seems to be totally capable of dealing with the business as a business and yet drop it totally when he's working.”

Source : Interview with Susan Pile, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 25, 2015.
“To be really honest, I think if anybody did derive comfort from the fact that 'there's always someone worse off than yourself,' they'd have to be a pretty sad and sick individual. If I've sprained my wrist, I'm not made happier by the thought that someone somewhere has broken their leg!”
“Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.”

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