"I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands."

-- Alan Bradley

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Book Quotes

“The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.”
“My days are whatever I want them to be,”

Source : "For Anthony Kiedis, What Doesn't Kill You Only Makes Your Book Longer" by Jennifer Vineyard, www.mtv.com. October 07, 2004.
“Jake La Botz is a creator of dark poetry and haunting song, the kind of music that gets in your bones and rides you for days, a sound and vision only those who've been to the bottom and clawed their way back up can generate. His midnight gifts evoke Hank Williams and Skip James as much as Tom Waits and Dylan. Not everybody will get this music - because not everybody is ready for the truth.”
“I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty.”
“Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, itâ€™s closets”
“Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.”
“When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'”
“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”

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