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"fuckin' a this book is a BEAST and sometimes you go for a while wondering what's the point, but the payoffs are well worth the work." — Aug 18, 2015 09:27PM
"fuckin' a this book is a BEAST and sometimes you go for a while wondering what's the point, but the payoffs are well worth the work." — Aug 18, 2015 09:27PM
“About church: the trouble with a mask is it never changes.”
― The Pleasures of the Damned
― The Pleasures of the Damned
“How does one begin a book? A letter, a word, soon a sentence, then another, and suddenly, a paragraph is begotten—a two-sentence paragraph. Dickens, Melville, Odenkirk, all have faced the same question, and only one has failed. Melville. “Call me Ishmael.” Talk about giving up.”
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“It’s possible to learn to play an instrument as an adult, but the intuitive qualities needed won’t be there; the body needs to be conditioned from an early age. The same could be never said for filmmaking. A musician is made in childhood, but a filmmaker any time.”
― Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
― Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
“In ancient Greek the word “chaos” means “gaping void” or “yawning emptiness.” The most effective response to the chaos in our lives is the creation of new forms of literature, music, poetry, art and cinema.”
― Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
― Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
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