"Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about."

-- Thomas McGuane

#Writing Quotes #Scary Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away?”

Source : Morton Feldman (2006). “Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987”
“I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.”
“Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym.”
“I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to RB all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person.”
“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action...”
“To be a catalyst is one of my life's objectives. I've been inspired by many people who in turn have been catalysts. It's very interesting to see the waves of interest come and go in Celtic territory. If I can be a catalyst for other people, that's wonderful.”

Source : "Times of Discovery". Interview with Anil Prasad, www.innerviews.org. 1991.
“I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.”
“What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”

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