"Genius is an infinite capacity for pain."

-- Thomas M. Disch

#Pain Quotes #Genius Quotes #Infinite Quotes

“These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception as a child of what was important or not is accurate, I don't know”

Source : "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.
“In the end, it will just melt away quite suddenly. It might not be as early as 2013 but it will be soon, much earlier than 2040.”

Source : "Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'". news.bbc.co.uk. December 12, 2007.
“In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to talk about 'free markets.' It's totally outdated; they don't have arguments; they don't have any sense.”
“My writing day has grown shorter as I've aged, although it seems to produce the same number of pages.”
“The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.”
“For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal.”
“As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.”
“An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.”

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