"I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual."

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Source : "So Many Weird Worlds: A Conversation with Ricky Jay" by Cole Louison, www.newyorker.com. May 19, 2011.

Ricky Jay

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“The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.”

Source : Harry Vardon (1922). “Progressive Golf”
“Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as the dancing mushroom. According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters met on a mountain trail, where they discovered a fruiting of maitake mushrooms emerging from the forest floor. Rejoicing at their discovery of this delicious mushroom, they danced to celebrate.”

Source : "Maitake: The Magnificent ‘Dancing’ Mushroom" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.
“The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.”
“I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.”

Source : "Clare Balding: 'You can't be flavour of the month for more than a month'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2012.
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
“Verse is a mechanism by which we can create interpretative illusions suggesting profoundities of response and understanding which far exceed the engagement or research of the writer.”
“All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.”
“It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.”

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