"I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons."

--

Marguerite Young

#Joseph Smith Quotes #Eliot Quotes

“To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.”
“I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode.”
“I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all time you see -- one has to keep oneself afloat.”
“I am fairly optimistic about the disillusionment that produces homogeneity in general. The films that succeed in [theaters] are fairly homogeneous in terms of narrative and vision of the world.”
“I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.”
“My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.”
“I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.”
“Why is it we love so fully what has washed up on the beaches of our hearts, those lost messages, lost friends, the daylight stars we never get to see? Bad luck never takes a vacation, my friend once wrote. It lies there among the broken shells and stones we collect, a story he would say begins with you, with me, a story that is forever lost among the backwaters of our lives, our endless fear of ourselves, and our endless need for hope, a story, perhaps an answer, a word suddenly on wing, the simple sound of a torn heart, or the unmistakable scent of the morning's fading moon.”

You may also like:

Clara Zetkin
Activist
Francis Parker Yockey
Philosopher
Harry Mathews
Author
Jane Bowles
Writer
Joan D. Vinge
Author
Michael Zaslow
Actor
Moon Unit Zappa
Actress
Tina Yothers
Actress
William Gaddis
Novelist