"I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be."

-- Lou Reed

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“After walking off the field feeling nauseous knowing my wrist was broke and hearing Philly fans yelling 'You deserve it,' and, 'That's what you get,' I am motivated to get back quickly and see to it personally those people never walk down Broad Street in celebration again,”

Source : "MLB: 5 things we learned in week five" by David Lengel, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2012.
“Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.”

Source : Richard de Bury (2013). “Philobiblon: A Treatise on the Love of Books”, p.15, Cambridge University Press
“I know how important it is to have people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself.”
“Any essayist setting out on a frail apparatus of notings and jottings is a brave person.”
“Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life.”
“As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.”
“I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.”
“I wake up every morning and think to myself, 'How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?”

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