"People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a few well-chosen questions. Bob Shaw has observed that the deadliest questions usually come as a pair: "Have you published anything?" - loosely translated as: I've never heard of you - and "What name do you write under?" - loosely translatable as: I've definitely never heard of you."

-- Brian Stableford

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“When in doubt, grab power.”
“From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.”
“In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction.”
“If I thought someone was just chatting me up because of being on TV, it'd kill me.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Science is founded on uncertainty. Each time we learn something new and surprising, the astonishment comes with the realization that we were wrong before.”
“When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.”

Source : 27 "Parliamentary History", 680; Annual Register, 1789.
“Of course you want to keep making good records, but I think there were certain aspects to the indie rock situation at that point where we were pushing the envelope a little bit too far. We weren't happy with the distribution we were getting, and a few other things. So for a lot of ways it made sense for us to jump to a major label right then, and it made sense in terms of challenging ourselves to put ourselves in new situations.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.”

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