"I'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people."

-- Scott Westerfeld

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“Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous poets to the part-time English teachers), and its expansive indigenous landscape, as well as he does. Mason's poetry is humorous when he wants to be quirky, heartbreaking when he wants to be eloquent, and though he moves effortlessly into other moods and geographies, he always returns to his first and most enduring love (and to what he knows best)-his homeland.”
“Life is like a cup of coffee or tea. No matter how bitter it may be, it is always enjoyable.”
“Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.”
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.”
“I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.”
“The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house is built-story after story; and no edifice has any chance of standing unless it has a broad foundation and a solid frame.”
“I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.”
“And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God.”

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