"And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn't only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is."

-- Paul Auster

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Sometimes I feel kind of wrong here. I used to be normal, but now... I don't know. I feel like I should be one way, but I'm not." Toby stared at her. "I hear that." He sighed. "There are all these perfect people here. And... it's like, if you're not one of the,. then you're messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just as messed up as we are.”
“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”

Source : "Photographers on Photography: A Critical Anthology". Book by Nathan Lyons, p. 80, 1966.
“Seeing is looking at something in saturation. But we tend to look at something for, say, 1/30 of a second.”
“The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects.”
“If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.”
“Perhaps the spirit of the Everglades was most evident in the unseen, the hidden, the implied.”

Source : T. J. MacGregor (1990). “Kin Dread”, Fawcett Books
“Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place.”
“Any job ends up with stress, and certainly there's always a deadline looming when you work in TV. It's sort of constant.”

Source : "We Just Keep Trying to Beat Every Show With the Funny Stick Until It's Funny". Interview with Dana Stevens, www.slate.com. June 10, 2015.

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