"Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness."

-- William Winwood Reade

#Genius Quotes #Monkeys Quotes #Expansion Quotes

“I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.”

Source : "Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars". Interview with Ana Marie Cox, www.wired.com. March 01, 2005.
“When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.”
“It's very important to understand that climate change is not just another issue in this complicated world of proliferating issues. Climate change is THE issue which, unchecked, will swamp all other issues.”
“I thought it out this very day, Noon upon the clock, A man may put pretence away Who leans upon a stick, May sing, and sing until he drop, Whether to maid or hag....”
“I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine.”
“He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair)”
“World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.”
“I always work directly from life, partly because I really enjoy having an interaction with the person in front of me but also because I love having a direct response to shape and color.”

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