"Life direct...is what Flaubert and Joyce have convinced themselves the man may never get quite clear of but the artist has nothing to do with. What they can't admit is that t is overrated: which artists, faking and fumbling it together out of spit and toothpicks, should know best of all."

-- Marvin Mudrick

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“I'm a big Letterman fan.”
“Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.”

Source : Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.119, Penguin
“I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.”
“[Y]ou never come right out and admit you have stretched the rules for your own benefit. You do it and shut up about it, and hope you don't get caught, because if you are caught no one or no one who has any sense will come forward and say he has done the same thing himself.”
“Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow.”
“Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. A portal is opening up.”
“Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.”
“I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.â€ (p.531)”

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