"Complexity is not good. People don't understand the elegance of simplicity."

-- Gordon Willis

#People Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Elegance Quotes

“Many of my short fictions use theatre as a metaphor for situations in which characters find themselves estranged from the larger, uncontrollable world that may or may not lie beyond the proscenium arch.”
“Love enjoys knowing everything about you; desire needs mystery.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 30, 2014
“This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity.”

Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.37, Jazzybee Verlag
“Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that a great song, our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story. Film, television, if you don't have that story, nothing else matters. You don't call anybody else or direct anybody. The same with a song. A great song can make the worst singer in the world a star.”
“When a man goes into the ring, he's going to war....”
“Fair exchange, as the old saw goes is never robbery”

Source : Iceberg Slim (2011). “Pimp: The Story of My Life”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”
“You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.”

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