Wed 3 Jan 2018

Laying an egg

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Random quote of the day:

“Sometimes you lay an egg, and people will say, It was too early. Audiences weren’t ready for it. Bullshit. If it’s good, it’s good. If it’s bad, it’s bad.”

—Billy Wilder, The Paris Review, Issue 138, Spring 1996

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Tue 2 Jan 2018

Absurdum

Posted by PJ under folly, human nature, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.”

—Anatole France, Le livre de mon ami

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Thu 21 Dec 2017

Passion

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Random quote of the day:

“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.”

—Federico Fellini, Fellini on Fellini, eds. Keel and Strich, tr. Quigly

Happy Holidays, everyone. See you in 2018.

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Wed 13 Dec 2017

Combustible

Posted by PJ under inspiration, novels, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Like a lot of what happens in novels, inspiration is a sort of spontaneous combustion—the oily rags of the head and heart.”

—Stanley Elkin, The Paris Review, Issue 66, Summer 1976

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Tue 12 Dec 2017

Wake up

Posted by PJ under brain, humor, nonsense, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.”

—Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1983

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Mon 11 Dec 2017

Work work work work

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“It is not work unless you would rather be doing something else.”

—J. M. Barrie, Rectorial address, St. Andrews University, May 3, 1922

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Fri 8 Dec 2017

Your truth

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Random quote of the day:

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”

—Virginia Woolf, “The Learning Tower,” The Moment and Other Essays

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Thu 7 Dec 2017

Ocean

Posted by PJ under evolution, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.”

—Leonard Cohen, “Good Advice for Someone Like Me”

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Thu 30 Nov 2017

Watching

Posted by PJ under death, happiness, paranoia, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Death watches. So if you have some happiness, conceal it. And when your heart is full, keep your mouth shut also.”

—Saul Bellow, Herzog

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Wed 29 Nov 2017

Flow

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, stories, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.”

—John Steinbeck, “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 1930

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