"The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts."

-- Joseph Joubert

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“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.”
“I didn't realise you could travel so far and still be in England.”
“Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer.”

Source : "Dispatches from the front". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2003.
“I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'”
“There's a lot of craft in songwriting. The divine inspiration is when the idea comes. It may be a riff. It may be a word. It may be a phrase. It may be a title. Sometimes, in the best of both worlds, that divine inspiration extends through the whole song. I've literally sat down and written a song from beginning to end, almost complete lyrics and everything without ever stopping...in two minutes. The chorus of 'She's Gone' was like that.”
“One of the great sadnesses of my life, as I take stock at middle age, is the sense that the adventure largely ended by the time I was twenty-five.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going to succeed in writing a body of work.”
“I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.”

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