"The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience of life has given him a subject, he is spared the youthful writer's self-torment and soul-searching."

-- Wright Morris

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“It is not propagandaâ€™s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.”
“Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.”
“You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.”
“In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe; but there is no concept of a criminal state, or a criminal government, or criminal legislation. Consequently, the biggest crimes actually escape being called crimes.”

Source : "A New Model of the Universe" by P.D. Ouspensky, (p. 37-38), 1932.
“I want to grow as an artist and I'm taking a step out, I want my music to mature.”
“I really have problems with horror movies. I don't watch them. It's a feeling I don't want to have in cinema. I'm too reactive. It's too draining to watch that kind of movie.”

Source : "The divine lightness of being Ludivine Sagnier" by Chris Wiegand, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2009.
“I think outsiders sometimes produce the best fictional perspectives on reality because they're set apart from it, so they have a unique view from the border.”
“I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; - and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.”

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