"I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Peter Orner

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“I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.”
“We will never have total control over this extraordinary dimension. Time will warp and confuse and baffle and entertain however much we learn about its capacities. But the more we learn, the more we can shape it to our will and destiny. We can slow it down or speed it up. We can hold on to the past more securely and predict the future more accurately. Mental time-travel is one of the greatest gifts of the mind. It makes us human, and it makes us special.”

Source : Claudia Hammond (2012). “Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception”, p.161, Canongate Books
“Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal, with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.”
“I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.”
“You know what’s best for you, and you know what will make you happy.”

Source : Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. June 4, 2010.
“One of the things I prize most about being a writer is its license - you could even say injunction - to be curious, to follow anything anywhere and see where it might take you, how it can transform you, whether in content or form.”
“Crack in the early 1980s or mid 1980s I'm sorry is that one of the worst myth is that one hit and you're addicted for life. We saw that in 1980s and we're seeing it again with methamphetamine today, one hit and you're addicted and it simply not true, addiction requires work not the people should go out and experiment or do these themselves but the fact is that's a myth and the concern is that, it's dangerous because when people perpetuates that myths and then when young people are people actually try methamphetamine or crack cocaine and find that, that doesn't happen to them.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I'm real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.”

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