"I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus."

-- Susan Orlean

#New York Quotes #Writing Quotes #Class Quotes

“If you only ever read one book in your life ... I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut”

Source : "How To Live". Book by Simon Munnery, 2005.
“Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.41, Macmillan
“My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore all the subtleties that can happen, which is my favorite part of the music.”
“Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.”

Source : 1521 Speech in defence of his doctrines at the Diet of Worms, 18 Apr.
“I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.”
“It's a privilege, you know, to paint and it takes up a lot of time and it means there's a lot of things you don't do. But still, with me, painting was more than a profession, it was also an obsession. I had to paint.”
“I like people who can't die in their bed.”
“There was no club but the Hells Angels as far as I was concerned.”

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