"[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American lyric tradition as well as European modernism. But he should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not."

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Sjon

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“And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.”
“I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I distinctly remember my Aunt Fanny saying to me, etc.”
“Silence emerges from the sound of rain and spreads in a crescendo of gray monotony over the narrow street I contemplate. Iâ€™m sleeping while awake, standing by the window, leaning against it as against everything. I search in myself for the sensations I feel before these falling threads of darkly luminous water that stand out from the grimy building facades and especially from the open windows. And I donâ€™t know what I feel or what I want to feel. I donâ€™t know what to think or where I am.”
“I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent.”
“I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.”

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“It's a rare thing when you can read a script in one sitting and you haven't looked at the watch or you've gone to make a cup of tea.”
“Kat had been picking things up since her third birthday, when Hamish and Angus's father took them all to the circus because he needed to "borrow" an elephant.”
“Without discipline in spiritual pursuits, the central nervous system doesn't have a chance to adjust and grow with the increased demand. It would be like putting a high voltage into a small bulbâ€”it is bound to explode.”

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