"I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it is that makes me like the Parker novels so much. Suffice it to say that Stark/Westlake is the cleanest of all noir novelists, a styleless stylist who gets to the point with stupendous economy, hustling you down the path of plot so briskly that you have to read his books a second time to appreciate the elegance and sober wit with which they are written."

-- Terry Teachout

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Appreciate Quotes

“My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences ... From War to Peace is not from the strenuous to the easy existence; it is from the futile to the effective, from the stagnant to the active, from the destructive to the creative way of life ... The world will be regenerated by the people who rise above these passive ways and heroically seek, by whatever hardship, by whatever toil, the methods by which people can agree.”
“Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. - Anonymous”
“The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“Kill them all, for God knows His own.”
“The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”
“There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.”
“I've always grown up as a tomboy and don't see myself as much of a girly girl, but when the time comes, it's fun to play dress up and embrace my femininity.”

Source : "Through The Eyes Of...Lauren Gardner: Not Just Another Pretty Denver Face". Interview with Todd Civin, bleacherreport.com. October 18, 2009.

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