#rat

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#communicate #elaborate #less #means #more

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. ↗

— Richard Price

#acknowledged #book #center #character #integrate

Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience. ↗

— Charley Pride

#any #entertainer #experience #fans #had

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#become #campaign #deficit #desperate #despicable

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#deal #entire #i #like #movie

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#began #i #immigration #issue #needed

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#chose #decision #i #literature #me