"Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity."

-- Henry James

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“Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.”
“I didn't want to be a sideman. My own style was coming out and I was into my own writing. I wrote a whole album, I arranged it all with pencil and paper. I did eventually do a lot of work with my father, but that was different. I was living at home; I wasn't a starving musician. I wasn't spoiled, but I wasn't going to have some producer come in and tell me what to play.”
“Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.”

Source : C. J. Cherryh (2011). “Deceiver”, p.123, Penguin
“I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.”
“It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.”
“I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I cant enjoy anything.”
“Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.”

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