“If you're going to be a fucking rock star go be one. People don't want to see the guy next door on stage; they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.”
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“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?"
[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
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[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
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“In my life so far, I have discovered that there are really only two kinds of people: those who are for you, and those who are against you. Learn to recognize them, for they are often and easily mistaken for each other.”
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“Cuando miro su rostro me sonríe como alguien que sabe de mí. Yo me siento rígida, lo miro humillada, yo me siento perro, me siento pulga. Mis labios van aullando roncamente mi dolor. Me retuerzo.”
― Diarios
― Diarios
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
― The Sacred Wood
― The Sacred Wood
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