"Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do not fear the night above As I fear the friends below."

-- Stevie Smith

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“There's something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that's imprinted on his voice.”
“I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot of literary translation in college. Translation is an art. But for sure writing has always been a part of how I think through my ideas.”

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“Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.”
“Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.”
“If a person feels terrible, it usually should not be shown or acknowledged during a greeting exchange. Instead, the unhappy person is expected to conceal negative feelings, putting on a polite smile to accompany the â€œJust fine, thank you, and how are you?â€ reply to the â€œHow are you today?â€ The true feelings will probably go undetected, not because the smile is such a good mask but because in polite exchanges people rarely care how the other person actually feels.”
“He was right. They could have a whole conversation without exchanging a word. And the conversation they had right now went like this: Colin, shut it. I donâ€™t think I will, M. Then Iâ€™ll make you. Really? How?Iâ€™m not certain, but it will be slow and painful. And I wonâ€™t leave any evidence.”
“I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.”
“For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.”

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