"I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming back on a stretcher."

-- Stan Mellor

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“A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.”
“And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about it. You had to save what you could. Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had to try.”
“I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.”
“I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.”
“The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn`t like.”
“One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.”
“...the mass media. What are they? They're huge corporations, massive corporations, linked up with even bigger corporations. They sell audiences to other businesses, namely advertisers. So when you turn on the television set, CBS doesn't make any money. They make money from the advertisers. You're the product that they're selling, and the same is true of the daily newspaper. They're huge corporations, selling audiences, potential consumers, to other businesses, all linked up closely to the government, especially the big media. What picture of the world do you expect them to present?”
“I can't help but to write, I have a inner need for it. If I'm not in the middle of some literary project, I'm utterly lost, unhappy and distressed. As soon as I get started, I calm down.”

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