"Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal."

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Source : Robert E. Howard (2007). “The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands”, p.26, Del Rey

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“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”

Source : c.1910 Quoted in Alleyne Ireland An Adventure with a Genius, ch.4.
“I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.”
“I shall pray to God to send charity to this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I shall ask Him if is indeed His will that a child should suffer and its soul be damned for a little blemish on the body....And I shall pray Him, too, that the hearts of the self-righteous may be broken...”
“The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.”
“I don't think you necessarily have to be the most perfected performer, in order to express your feelings. It's really those feelings that an audience connects with, I think, at least as much as perfected technical skill.”
“Relaxed Empiricism -- I only believe something to be true if someone I know quite well tells me if happened.”
“The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (1984). “Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays”, Vintage
“It's pretty easy to make a film in China. A few years ago I just walked into the office and let them know I wanted to make a movie called 'Red Cliff' and they were so excited. They said, 'Let's do it!' It's that simple.”

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