"I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them asexcellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I'm sure I have contributed to false values--as Stanley Woodward said, "Godding up those ballplayers." The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."

-- Samuel Beckett

#Bible Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Writing Quotes

“My family are not sporty - they are all doctors or lawyers.”
“Criticism is now become mere hangman's work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their absurdities than excellence ; and you cannot displease him more than in leaving him little room for his malice.”
“I have not missed a day in my life of praying. It's always about the same thing, using my life as a vehicle. Whatever I do, let it bring goodness to myself and to everybody that I come in contact with.”
“It's not about the money for me.”
“Cry for the soul that will not face the body as an equal place.”

Source : Song: Mythical Kings And Iguanas
“A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it”

Source : The ART21 Interview, art21.org. September, 2003.
“Love is the best part of life”
“The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party.”

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