"Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer."

-- Joseph Kanon

#Editors Quotes #Competition Quotes #Vices Quotes

“The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they have other things to think about.”
“If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesnâ€™t feel right, pay attention. If the hairs on the back of your neck prickle, if your gut clenches up, if a wave of wrongness washes over you, if your heart starts beating faster, pay, pay, pay attention. Do not second-guess yourself or rationalize anything that impedes your safety. Our instincts are the animal inside of our humanness, warning us of danger.”
“Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.”
“You may leave here for four days in space, but when you return it's the same old place.”

Source : Song: Eve Of Destruction
“At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.”
“Reading is human contact, and the range of our human contacts is what makes us what we are. Just imagine you live the life of a long-distance truck driver. The books that you read are like the travelers you take into your cab. If you give lifts to people who are cultured and profound, you'll learn a lot from them. If you pick up fools, you'll turn into a fool yourself.”

Source : "The Sacred Book of the Werewolf". Book by Victor Pelevin, 2004.
“[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.”
“If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing?”

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