"You imagine a reader and try to keep the reader interested. That's storytelling. You also hope to reward the reader with a sense of a completed design, that somebody is in charge, and that while life is pointless, the book isn't pointless. The author knows where he is going. That's form."

-- John Updike

#Book Quotes #Design Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.”
“Art should be born from the materials.”

Source : Jean Dubuffet, Mildred Glimcher (1987). “Jean Dubuffet”, Abbeville Press
“I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue.”
“What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.”
“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.”
“The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7)”
“The Goddess is Alive. Magic is afoot.”
“Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue”

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