"For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery"

-- Joseph Epstein

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.”
“My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.”

Source : "My life in shopping". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2008.
“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.”

Source : "Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies" by Julie Clothier, edition.cnn.com. January 21, 2008.
“I tried different techniques during my career, but I especially fell in love with painting with oil and pallette-knife. Every artwork is the result of long painting process; every canvas is born during the creative search; every painting is full of my inner world.”
“You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.”
“I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.”

Source : "Simon Baker and Bruno Heller Talk The Mentalist, Closing the Red John Chapter, Arriving at His Identity, and What the Resolution of This Case Means". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 24, 2016.
“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”
“I'm just like a giant candy cane, the ladies want to lick me all over.”

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