"My writing isnâ€™t a career or a craft or a hobby or anything like that. It is more like a tiny annex to my life, a little crawl space in which I occasionally end up by accident in the dark."

-- Gary Lutz

#Writing Quotes #Dark Quotes #Careers Quotes

“I operate my life like a startup. I learn a little bit and I test something else out and I keep iterating and iterating until it's perfect.”

Source : "Transcript: 020: Rameet Chawla: Tech Founder". "Prologue Profiles" with Dan Feld, prologueprofiles.com. September 26, 2012.
“The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that means I can go onstage and sound like Scotty Moore now and again!"”
“The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for development. In order to keep momentum post-Hong Kong, the European Union must be willing to move.”
“That cross inmate of your household, who has hitherto made life a burden to you, and who has been the Juggernaut car to crush your soul into the dust, may henceforth be a glorious chariot to carry you to the heights of heavenly patience and long-suffering.”
“When we first started with Apple computers, it was my dream that everyone would learn to program, and that was how they'd use their computer.”
“I'm writing as I'm reading. I'm constantly already engaged in dialogue with the critics. None of these are my ideas solely. They are my form of entering into a dialogue with ideas that are already out there, and calibrating how much sense these make to me or not. I want to be responsible to the work that has already been done.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit.”
“When I played my own songs, I had to do everything myself to get it the right way, but now I think it's interesting to see how it becomes music.”

Source : "Dungen". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. March 27, 2005.

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