"I never really liked "cool" books. I plowed through as much Borges and Joyce as possible, read the first half of V. and spent whole Bar Mitzvah checks on Beat poetry."

-- Simon Rich

#Book Quotes #Mitzvah Quotes #Bars Quotes

“Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.”
“Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh.”
“Why is it that everything I eat when Iâ€™m with you is so delicious?â€™ I laughed. â€˜Could it be that youâ€™re satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?”
“But I really resist categories â€“ that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art â€“ those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.”
“No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.”

Source : Sonia Sanchez (2012). “Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems”, p.34, Beacon Press
“I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.”
“I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.”
“Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G. Welles said "I'm terribly sorry I've missed the last five meetings, I've been terribly busy, I'm engaged in writing a scientific pamphlet on the effects of radioactivity in 1984 and I've produced a novel, and various pieces of science fiction to do, and I've had a bit of personal trouble, and I had my copy to bring out for the newspaper." Shaw leapt up and said, "I've not missed one meeting, and I have written a play!" hardest thing in the world. If it were easy they'd all be at it.”

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