"Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track."

-- John Gregory Dunne

#Writing Quotes #Track Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them back. Often they retaliate by inviting you again, and you must then extend another invitation. Back and forth you go, like Ping-Pong balls, and what you end up with is called social life.”
“I love Columbia, Missouri, if it wasn't for the authorities, I'd go back.”
“I'm always the "less is more" guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I'm still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.”
“During the Mavelmania days in the late '60's I got a phone call one evening and I answered it and this voice said, "Mike Royer? This is Jack Kirby. Word is you're a pretty good inker." That's how it started.”
“Cultural relevance can be a cruel mistress.”
“I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.”
“The biggest thing I remember is that there was just no transition. You hit the ground diapering.”
“We're not clever enough to picture something and say, "Our music is going to be Jackson Pollock meets Oprah Winfrey" and then go about achieving that. I was in a band called Olive Loaf - it was the first thing I ever did when I first started playing the guitar when I was 12, and it was sort of like Ween, although I didn't know Ween even existed at the time.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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