"There are stages in bread-making quite similar to the stages of writing. You begin with something shapeless, which sticks to your fingers, a kind of paste. Gradually that paste becomes more and more firm. Then there comes a point when it turns rubbery. Finally, you sense that the yeast has begun to do its work: the dough is alive. Then all you have to do is let it rest. But in the case of a book the work may take ten years."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

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“It's easier to make fun of things that people can help doing.”

Source : "Samantha Bee". Interview with Catherine O’Hara, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 4, 2016.
“I'm grandiose because I live a grandiose life.”
“It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.”
“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”
“First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail”
“Death is not going to hold down Huell Howser.”
“Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.”
“A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.”

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