"There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to."

-- Susan Orlean

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“What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.”

Source : Max Beckmann, Barbara Copeland Buenger (1997). “Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950”, p.306, University of Chicago Press
“Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
“Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl?”
“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.”
“Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.”
“Not to settle. If you're not happy with a person, leave. And wait until you find that one person who makes you feel good about yourself every single day and is not expecting you to change, but to grow.”

Source : "Zoe Saldana Will Hand You Your Ass on a Silver Platter". Interview with Kimberly Cutter, www.marieclaire.com. July 14, 2014.
“There’s a level at which words are spirit and paper is skin. That’s the fascination of archives. There’s still a bodily trace.”
“Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. February 10, 1999.

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