Quotes
Authors
Edward Jay Epstein

"I dislike The Exorcist, and I found it a warning sign of the dangers in a furious cinematic talent putting the audience through it (a Hitchcock phrase) without purpose, or without the nagging moral anxiety that activated Hitch. You see, I don't think William Friedkin believes in the Devil, or cares about him. I think he found exorcism a pretext for a gross-out and he calculated there was an audience for it, or a crowd ready to be challenged. Maybe I'm too much of an atheist to stand religion being so thrashed."

-- Edward Jay Epstein

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“I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made in the first impact the last.”

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“I would say, 'I'm alone, but I'm not lonely.' But I was just kidding myself.”
“The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this.”
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

Source : Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they donâ€™t have enough of it they feel let down. Therefore, it is important to let people know that they have the source of contentment and happiness within themselves, and that it is related to nurturing our natural inner values.”
“Charitable endeavour exalts the prestige and the status of the giver. This may sound unduly cynical but as with all philantrophic activity, it is not easy to unravel the mutually reinforcing motives of selflessness and self-interest. All that can safely be said is that most members of the royal family have difficulty distinguishing between concern about society, concern about the social order and concern about what best to do so they can remain at the top of it.”
“Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.”
“On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.”

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