Bernadette Marty

“Maybe Artist is hard job. It is not for me to say. But I would be surprised if it was as hard a job as Rock Thrower. Throwing rocks is not so easy. For example, five years ago, one of my shoulders detached from my arm when I was throwing a boulder off a cliff. And two years after that, the other shoulder detached also. I can still throw rocks. But now, when I throw them, I am screaming. Not just once in a while, but constantly. Every time I throw a rock I am screaming, so loud. I do not always realize I am screaming—it is just part of my life. Usually, by sundown, I have no voice left. It is gone, you understand, because I was screaming so much from the pain of throwing rocks. Another thing is that sometimes I fall off the cliff, which is a bad situation.”
― Simon Rich, Man Seeking Woman (originally published as The Last Girlfriend on Earth): And Other Love Stories

“I am Mick Jagger. Thirty-five people came.”
― Nina Raine, Tribes

“That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. And writing makes you look back. Because since you can’t control life, at least you can control your version.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Stranger Than Fiction

“Anyone who wears a tiara and sequins is always going to be the winner.”
― Christopher Durang, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike