"What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the lyrics count, but they go more immediately into your brain. There's so much more work you have to put in as a writer - not just with the actual book, but how it's packaged and everything."

-- Jeff VanderMeer

#Book Quotes #Envy Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.”
“As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.”
“There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.”
“The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.”
“Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.”
“Perhaps I am following in the footsteps of FranÃ§ois Mitterrand, who really did want to shape Europe. My predecessors, by contrast, thought it was best to say nothing at all and to keep all their options open. That may sound like a tactical approach, but perhaps it was simply because they didn't have any ideas for Europe at all.”
“Wilberforce did not believe in either evolution or extinction. Owen believed in extinction but not evolution. Lamarck believed in evolution but not extinction. Darwin believed in evolution and extinction. All four of them believed in God.”
“Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.”

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