"Now I am master of Shanghai."

--

Source : "America Views China: American Images of China Then and Now". Book by Jonathan Goldstein, p. 19, 1991.

Iwane Matsui

#Shanghai Quotes #Masters Quotes

“I'd like to retain Trish Stratus's services.”
“Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it's gonna break. You got your biggest, fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It's got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going to go out. Or go to a yacht basin any place in the world. Nobody is smiling, and I'll tell you why. Something broke that morning. The generator's out; the microwave oven doesn't work . . . Things just don't mean happiness.”
“I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos.”
“No inspiration comes from nowhere. No invention is based on nothing. You always need to be tuned up and be ready to start receiving the energy you look for.”
“What matter is the information, not what you think about it.”
“The best artists are gone now.”
“It's always really scary to release new work;”

Source : "Alex Prager Predicts Disaster". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 29, 2012.
“Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject.”

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