#relax

Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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#conversational #criticism #essay #even #fiction

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this. ↗

— Todd Solondz

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#although #anybody #audience #clear #enjoy

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

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#because #clue #going #life #really