"The short story is the literature of the nomad."

-- John Cheever

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“The Berlin of the '20s formed the foundation of my future education... the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, Lubitsch and Erich Pommer. The Berlin of the architects Gropius, Mendelsohn and Mies van der Rohe. The Berlin of the painters Max Libermann, Grosz, Otto Dix, Klee and Kandinsky.”

Source : "The grand illusionist" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 1999.
“We're taught that domestic life is not a "serious" political topic, like war and peace, but the fact is that we spend most of our lives doing everyday things: at the dinner table, in the kitchen, washing dishes, grocery-shopping, commuting. These things make up the fabric of our lives.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Laughter is a form of internal jogging.”
“If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You earn the right to expect recognition by giving it! It's that simple”
“I still am very afraid to Google myself. There are some embarrassing roaming photos that I wish weren't on Google. But I intend to not Google myself.”

Source : Source: www.justjared.com
“I'd say you have to be really committed to the field, show up for every audition and to be aware that very few make it in this field.”
“It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.”

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