"When we're done with it, we may findâ€”if it's a good novelâ€”that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have been changed a little, as if by having meet a new face, crossed a street we've never crossed before."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

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“When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O'Neil or Tennessee Williams.”
“Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear.”
“The minute you get away from fundamentals â€“ whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation â€“ the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever youâ€™re doing.”
“I became a Christian man in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page, but it was a real thing that really saved me. And you can't identify unless you're really going through it. It's a full-blown exchange of heart, a surrender of control.”
“People who say they read more write better.”
“The most attractive quality of all is dignity.”
“The reality is, cellphones have to be used safely. They are today like cars and trucks - we can't live without them, but we certainly wouldn't give a car or truck to a toddler to drive. Why are we thinking it's perfectly okay to give a device that the World Health Organization has said is a "possible human carcinogen" to infants and toddlers, and for that matter, schoolchildren?”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something you might see on television and it doesn't explore the form. Sound is the other picture. When you show people a rough cut without the sound mix they are often really surprised. Sound creates a completely new world. With dialogue, people say a lot of things they don't mean. I like dialogue when it's used in a way when the body language says the complete opposite. But I love great dialogue I think expositional dialogue is quite crass and not like real life.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2002.

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