"Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms."

-- Irwin Shaw

#New York Quotes #Enthusiasm Quotes #Made Quotes

“I don't predict knockouts. The outcome and the performance I am looking for is a victory, nothing less than a victory.”
“Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.”
“A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.”
“God loves you just as much as He loves Jesus!”
“You could spend the rest of your life trying to outlive the scars that are left by what you go through in your formative years.”

Source : Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. November 6, 2014.
“I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.”
“Where would the memoir be without bipolar writers? I mean, that's what - that whole oversharing thing is really a very clear symptom of bipolar disorder. And I'm not saying that every, you know, I'm not accusing every memoirist of being bipolar. But I think in a way it's kind of a gift.”
“At first when I realized I was a romantic, I was sort of shocked and shamed. But it is true... that the material I work most with is emotion.”

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