"Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three rock bands, and I wrote and staged and acted in plays for kids in my neighborhood. So I was kind of all over the place in my interests and far-flung in terms of where my creativity wanted to end up."

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Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 19)". Interview with Brandon Hobson and Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 11, 2013.

Dennis Cooper

#Kids Quotes #Writing Quotes #Creativity Quotes

“Mission means inviting all the peoples of the earth to hear the music of God's future and dance to it today.”

Source : Christopher J. H. Wright (2013). “The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative”, p.134, InterVarsity Press
“Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage.”
“I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.”
“My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and the reasons behind my silence.”

Source : Jill Shalvis (2015). “Lucky Harbor Collection 3: It Had To Be You, Always On My Mind, Once In A Lifetime”, p.441, Hachette UK
“It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?”

Source : Jeff Vandermeer (2007). “City of Saints and Madmen”, p.261, Spectra
“Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.”
“When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.”
“Few sights in science are sadder than astronomers standing in the rain.”

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