"By the end of the time I'm writing a book, I'm tearing my hair out and I want to go do stand-up. And then I want to do something else. I don't know why it is true with me that I can't just be satisfied doing the one thing, but I'm constantly flitting from one thing to another."

-- Michael Ian Black

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Hair Quotes

“The secret to scooping ice cream is all about the scooper. You have to dip it in water before and after every scoop. Then it just rolls off.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.”

Source : The New York Times Book Review Interview in 1985. Quoted in "Pundits, Poets, and Wits: An Omnibus of American Newspaper Columns‎" by Karl Ernest Meyer, p. 308, 1990.
“Art deals with profound and simple moods.. ..Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist )Picabia - gets a certain impression by looking at our skyscrapers, our city, our way of life, and that he tries to reproduce it.. ..he will convey it in plastic ways on the canvas, even though we see neither skyscrapers nor city on it.”

Source : The Globe and commercial advertiser (newspaper), p. 8/10, February 20, 1913.
“We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2004). “Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World”, p.133, Stackpole Books
“I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.”
“I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.”
“Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists, musicians-have a higher than normal incidence of such illnesses, and there are also a disproportionate number of alcoholics in these fields whose drinking may be an attempt to medicate the anxiety of depression.”
“With the Internet, you can get lots of info in advance, but a local person who knows how to work the system is invaluable.”

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