"I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the closest I came to research was when I applied to work at the state mental institution in Austin, TX. I wanted to work the night shift like Ken Kesey did when he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I thought that might inspire me to write a book that great."

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Source : Source: www.bookbrowse.com

Arthur Bradford

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Night Quotes

“Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.”
“A functioning police state needs no police.”
“Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.”

Source : "Baryshnikov shows his dance photography in Miami". Interview with Jennifer Kay, www.boston.com. February 23, 2012.
“Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.”
“It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.”
“California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.”
“We have focused on the miracle-thing and I think we often overlook the message of Hanukkah. To me, the core of the holiday is the cleaning of the temple.... The accomplishment was in restoring the temple to the purpose for which it was built. Now think of the temple as a symbol. Perhaps it represents my life. The world has tried to use me for its own (perhaps good, but none-the-less extrinsic) purposes. But now I can rededicate myself to my own original purpose.”

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