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David Plotz

"The Bible is forbidding when you start to read it. The language is odd. The stories start and stop herkily-jerkily. The characters behave in inexplicable ways. It takes a little bit of time to get into the rhythm of the book. I found reading the first 15 chapters of Genesis very very difficult. Once I got past there, I loved reading, and found it very easy. When you get used to the Bible, it becomes thrilling to read (like any great book - I just had exactly the same experience with the Odyssey)."

Source : "Biblically Speaking". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.

David Plotz

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“God designed that the living machinery should be in daily activity. For in this activity or motion is its preserving power.... The more we exercise, the better will be the circulation of the blood.”
“Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story.”
“After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.”
“I was quite surprised when I started looking at the lyrics for 'Punk Prayer'. Given its brutal style, I did not expect the lyrics to be so well written and thought through. But the more I understood of it, the more I realised that this was not only a protest, it was brilliant art as well. So I decided I would try to strip away the layers that made me sceptical in the first place, and focus on the desperate beauty Pussy Riot have conceived in this song.”
“For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.”
“You're beautiful as you feel.”

Source : Song: Beautiful, Album: Tapestry, 1971
“A man who makes known his love by words is a fool.”
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