"I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive."

-- Peter Ackroyd

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“In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going,”

Source : Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.264, Da Capo Press
“Perhaps we should keep our monsters about us, lest we become them ourselves.”
“One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.”
“And I know how he feelsâ€“itâ€™s so good it hurts.”
“To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.”

Source : 1989 Of the experience of facing fast bowlers. Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992).
“Pacino's always played the suffering prince. I just find that interesting.”
“I have been saying this for some time, but customers are not interested in grand games with higher-quality graphics and sound and epic stories. Only people who do not know the video game business would advocate the release of next-generation machines when people are not interested in cutting-edge technologies.”

Source : "Top 10 Tuesday: Wildest Statements Made by Industry Veterans" by Matt Casamassina, www.ign.com. March 14, 2006.
“I know that if I do the right amount of, say, meditation and hot yoga or something, I can move the energy through my body and get rid of my cold within twenty-four hours.”

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