"The reality we live in is selected by our conceptual definitions. You and I may be in the same physical space, but each of us will see it as entirely different."

“As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.”

Source : "Amy Sherman-Palladino on Bunheads, Gilmore Girls, and not making mediocre TV". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. January 14, 2013.

“Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.”

“The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.”

“There is much of economic theory which is pursued for no better reason than its intellectual attraction; it is a good game. We have no reason to be ashamed of that, since the same would hold for many branches of mathematics.”

Source : 1979 Causality in Economics.

“The greatest act of love was to make a tape for someone. It was the only way we could share music and it was also a way of advertising yourself. Selection, order, the lettering you used for the track list, how much technical detail you went into, whether or not you added artwork or offered only artwork and no track list at all, these choices were as codified as a Victorian bouquet.”

Source : Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.140, Faber & Faber

“The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!”

“I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.”

“I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of weight.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com