"They say that to be a writer you must first have an unhappy childhood. I don't know if unhappiness is necessary, but I think maybe some children who have suffered a loss too great for words grow up into writers who are always trying to find those words, trying to find a meaning for the way they have lived"

-- Cynthia Rylant

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“A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing , but one who does not believe in what exists.”
“I'm really into the basic idea of Kriya Yoga. The breathing that goes on in Kriya. Other than that, it's just communicating with the universe and getting the inspiration for different kinds of breath. Basically, I'm into the movement of breath and the shapes of breath. The different kinds of sequences of breath. I like doing that a lot.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“It doesn't take any talent to play hard.”
“The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out.”
“Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.”
“Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?”
“What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.”
“Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyones going Hey! and the next theyre going Who?. You certainly dont need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.”

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