"The world is only as deep as we can see. This is why fools think themselves profound. This is why terror is the passion of revelation."

-- R. Scott Bakker

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“The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.”
“I am 36 years old, I can't change. I have tried, trust me, but I can't. It's nice to get over yourself and just do it.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. January 15, 2013.
“Well, honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.”
“The first step to success in any business is to ask your customers what they want.”
“I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.”
“I went out to cover the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan fundamentally [in Buzzing at the Sill] because I was interested in war as a notion and in experiencing it. I was interested in history and how societies form. I was interested in the recent history of what had provoked these wars. So when I finally got out there, I was really seeing the wars through the American perspective, much more than through being embedded with American soldiers and Marines.”
“But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible”
“Given that most movies are bad, and that there are whole categories and sub-categories of badness - the sequel, the Madonna Movie, the Friday 13th Series, or Movies Starring John Travolta Before Pulp Fiction - it is almost impossible to choose a single film for worst movie of all time. But strangely, I do have a nomination and I believe it is actually the worst movie ever made. It is Boxing Helena. The director is David Lynch's daughter, and the film comes with the almost insane-making faults that the family connection might imply.”

Source : "If I'd made that, I'd change my name". www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2004.

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