"While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style."

-- Norman Mailer

#New York Quotes #Book Quotes #Long Quotes

“Much like teaching art to young art students age 10 to 15 or so on, you have to break it down into bite-sized pieces, essential components. You have to - you know, at this point I'm so used to operating within given assumptions about art. But when you're explaining art to art students or people who are new to this experience, you have to really go back to the fundamentals.”
“That's the test of street art â€“ to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them.”
“[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.”
“Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded.”
“We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on.”
“A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man . . . stops learning at fourteen or so.”
“Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself.”
“we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players”

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