"Television as we have it isn't an art form - it's a piece of furniture that is good for a few things."

-- Pauline Kael

#Art Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Television Quotes

“There's great release, really, in not seeing into the future.”
“I was swimming for the United States of America. I was swimming to beat Stephen Holland.”
“Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.”
“How strange it was that a dream, once realized, could quickly turn mundane.”

Source : Maggie Shipstead (2014). “Astonish Me: A novel”, p.102, Vintage
“Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.”
“In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.”
“When you hit failure your workout has just begun.”
“I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my eyes. I spent hours floating in pools.”

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