#w

You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#american #ashes #awakening #cycle #death

You just reach a point sometimes with somebody where it just doesn't work. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#point #reach #somebody #sometimes #where

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#basic #cats #culture #god #i

I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names. ↗

— John Corigliano

#because #competition #completely #different #different people

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#get #i #paper #remember #something

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#been #bonus #book #came #dream

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#boy #censorship #get #seldom #upset

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens. ↗

— Ville Valo

#because #better #big #expectations #flow

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. ↗

— Marguerite de Valois

#half #love #same #taken #war

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#bad-reviews #boring #complain #literary-criticism #lotr