"The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ***** in the proverbial chair."

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Source : "Go Forth". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. December 17, 2013.

Jerry Stahl

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Ass Quotes

“Sometimes, like now, Olive had a sense of just how desperately hard every person in the world was working to get what they needed. For most, it was a sense of safety, in the sea of terror that life increasingly became. (211)”
“They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.”
“The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.”

Source : "Salazar: biographical study" by Franco Nogueira, Atlantis Publishing, (p. 383), 1977.
“Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.”

Source : "Ways of Seeing". Book by John Berger, 1972.
“I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.”
“The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.”
“One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.”
“Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be allowed under the item of fuel.”

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