In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
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There are some superficial things that connect me to the stream. There's instrumentation, there's timbre, use of electronics, the way that samples… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
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Human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings, which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing. There exists a meaning, hidden… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
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It's a beautiful idea to focus on how everything is temporary and always in flux. It may feel bad now, but it… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
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Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
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I love to write but it lays real heavy on your mind. Because I'd have to get so involved in ideas, I'd… — Porter Wagoner Copy Share Image
The mind of a generation is its speech. A writer makes aspects of that speech enduring by putting them in print. He… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
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In the history of postwar German writing, for the first 15 or 20 years, people avoided mentioning political persecution - the incarceration… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
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