"Poetry is an orphan of silence."

-- Charles Simic

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“In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.”

Source : Jacob Burckhardt (1964). “Force and Freedom: Reflections on History”, New York : Pantheon Books
“A man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for prudence and virtue, than by the finest rules and precepts of morality.”
“I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.”
“Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.”
“Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.”
“There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The more youâ€™re writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because itâ€™s at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.”
“Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.”

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