#til

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#compose #easier #form #just #manual

Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#being #comes #else #end #gives

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#devised #distilled #good #good story #story

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there. ↗

— Jung Chang

#before #better #china #confident #happy

I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned. ↗

— Jung Chang

#book #china #chinese #copies #gone

In certain areas where the media are still controlled, the changes have come to a halt, which is a very frustrating situation. I would like the changes to take place throughout China. ↗

— Jung Chang

#certain #changes #china #come #controlled

But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where you are. ↗

— Harry Chapin

#stay #still #ten #thousand #thousand miles

The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry. ↗

— Ralph Chaplin

#first #frontier #honor #hostile #industry

The last day of your life is still going to be a day. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#going #last #life #still #your

I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#except #hate #haven #i #i was born