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“I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.”
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“We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.”
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“I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.”
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“A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been.”
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“Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.”
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“Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.”
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“Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest personal weakness suddenly appears to be a strength.”
Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.320, Dial Press
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“Music has always been a big part of my life. It's kind of like a refuge for me. I just use it to get away.”
Source : Source: thequietus.com
