"The sun don't shine in your TV!"

-- Daniel Johnston

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“I asked God "Why, why, why?" I turned my face away and wished that I were imagining it all. I had tasted the bitterest essence of war, the sight of helpless comrades being slaughtered, and it filled me with disgust.”

Source : Eugene B Sledge (2010). “With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic”, p.61, Random House
“I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of work is heavy and complicated then it is wrong." . . . Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. Some use complexity to disguise the paucity of their material. In fact, simplicity is a virtue and when, as here, it is both original and useful, it can represent a real advance in knowledge.”
“Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.”

Source : "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.
“If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.”

Source : "Kelly: Live & Uncensored". Interview with Cortney Pellettieri, www.goodhousekeeping.com. February 7, 2012.
“Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.”
“The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not exercising truemasculinity, but a grotesque exaggeration of what they think a man is. When we see men overdoing their masculinity, we can assume that they haven't been raised by men, that they have taken cultural stereotypes literally, and that they are scared they aren't being manly enough.”
“I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple”
“As a writer and a director, I simply donâ€™t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule,”

Source : "Gary Ross oficially out of "Catching Fire": The next director should excel at these five things". www.ifc.com. April 11, 2012.

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