"Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist, a great writer. Anyone can read Manny Farber's film criticism, whether that person is a novelist, a poet, another critic, a historian, and learn a lot about writing by reading him."

-- Greil Marcus

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“If you cross a pickle with a female deer...You get a dill-doe!”
“What I feel for you canâ€™t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise â€” it beats words. It beats worlds. I promise”
“You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.”
“I know very dimly when I start what's going to happen. I just have a very general idea, and then the thing develops as I write.”
“I hope we have American-topias.”

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“Tempo ... now there's a big word.”
“A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.”
“That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself with endless what-ifs, but nothing will change. The present will still be the present. The future will still unfold as it's meant to.”

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