"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Petals are bone marrow; pearls come from oysters. The dragon lives in the sky, ocean, marshes, and mountains; and the mountains are also its cranium. Its voice thunders and jingles like copper pans. It breathes fire and water; and sometimes the dragon is one, sometimes many."

-- Maxine Hong Kingston

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“Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.”
“It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed.”
“I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.”
“Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were not classical musicians while they were alive and active, they were the rock stars of their day.”
“Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.536, Bantam
“The writer - more especially the novelist - who has not, at one moment or another, considered his publisher unworthy of him, has still to be conceived.”
“A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold.”
“What inspires me is what I see people wearing on the streets of the world from New York to London and beyond. I get my ideas and inspiration from pounding the pavement all over the world. Today, fashion is dictated by individual style. To me, the fashion of the future is anything that a young guy or girl feels good wearing as long asÂ it's put together in the right way.”

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