"Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.”

Source : "Charlaine Harris, living and dying in Bon Temps". Interview with John Williford, www.popmatters.com. May 14, 2012.
“How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.”
“Style lasts forever and taste doesn't.”
“We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent.”
“I just think that pop music is very interesting in how it can reach so many people. I like that I can tell stories and I just wanted to be heard more, I guess. That's why it's pop, but in my mind I don't really view my music as pop, I don't really view it as anything. I just look at it as a picture, I like visuals.”
“On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if I was able to create images with words, with the sound of words.(...) I think thatâ€™s a good thing when the one who is listening, is feeling it in a different way that the one who creates. We are all listening with different perspectives.(...) I donâ€™t want to impose my subjectivity to the listener.”
“A zen couch potato is a person who contemplates the nature of televised existence.”
“From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.”

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