"The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration to fall out of the heavens like roasted ortolans. He knows how to hunt...He is never inspired because he is unceasingly inspired, because the powers of poetry are always at his disposition, subjected to his will, submissive to his own activity..."

-- Raymond Queneau

#Fall Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.”

Source : "ESPN's New Master of the Offensive Foul". www.nytimes.com. July 31, 2005.
“I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.”
“The fact that my parents got over to Canada is kind of amazing in and of itself. Had they not immigrated when I was a child, I probably would have never been doing what I'm doing. So, thanks, Canada!”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibility”

Source : Naomi Novik (2006). “His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire”, p.299, Del Rey
“That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it completely, and yet I can't recall any sunrise before it. I watched its whole magnificence for the last time as if it were the first. And then I said farewell to sun light, and set out to become what I became.”
“When you have a sound mind, you can do what's necessary.”
“Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.”

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