"The relationship between reader and writer is reciprocal in a way. We co-create each other. We are constantly emerging out of the relationship we have with others."

-- Ruth Ozeki

#Way Quotes #Reader Quotes #Emerging Quotes

“You are not defined by your past. You are prepared by your past.”
“If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“When I write I find a quiet place.”
“Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.”
“One works without thinking how to work.”

Source : Christian Geelhaar, Jasper Johns, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (1980). “Jasper Johns working proofs”
“T-shirt and stretchy pants? Yup, that's fine. It's pajama-y, good night.”
“This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.”
“I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.”

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