"Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life."

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Source : Marcel Theroux (2013). “Strange Bodies”, p.74, Faber & Faber

Marcel Theroux

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“I just love creating an environment where people can open up and say what's on their mind and in their heart.”
“In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.”
“I know what I don't want. I don't want to live through somebody else. To do what others expect me to do, be what they think I should be. I have to make my own choices, my own decisions. I have to control my own life, at least as much as any of us can”

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.47, Loveswept
“I was wondering, do we get the best of Swedish music or just the best of Swedish music that speaks English? Sweden has a population of nine million. And with all these acts coming out it just seems like very ripe for musical success. I don't know how they do it.”
“If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.”
“I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential compared to how I feel. Even if I am distant at times and seem as if I do not want to be with you, it is only because this scares me, too.”
“The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.”
“Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me.”

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