"I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years."

-- John McGahern

#Eight Quotes #Years Quotes #Long Quotes

“That just shows you their type of class and integrity. They claim to be first class and the best organization. It's an embarrassment and it shows the lack of class that they really have.....The Eagles would be undefeated right now with Green Bay's quarterback. We'd probably be in a much better position with him on the team (instead of present Eagles quarterback Donavon McNabb).”
“The ice sheets seem to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule.”
“Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age”
“We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.”
“It is hard to notice age in those who dream.”

Source : Charles Plymell (2000). “Hand on the Doorknob: A Charles Plymell Reader”
“I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.”
“Japan, not only a mega-busy city that thrives on electronics and efficiency, actually has an almost sacred appreciation of nature. One must travel outside of Tokyo to truly experience the 'old Japan' and more importantly feel these aspects of Japanese culture.”
“I've never done work for money, ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.”

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