I like quotes. Here are some of my favourites, including one or two from the good doctor above.
“Life has improved immeasurably since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” Hunter S. Thompson
“Choose not a life of imitation,” Red Hot Chili Peppers, Can’t Stop
“Writing is the flip side of sex – it’s only good when it’s over.” Hunter S. Thompson
“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original you will have to ram it down their throats.”
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” Calvin Coolidge
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery – celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from, it’s where you take them to.” Jim Jarmusch
Vanity Fair journalist to Matthew Perry’s character Matt Albie in Studio 60 as she takes down the name on the label on the rug in his office: “It’s a 10,000 word feature, they can’t all be winners.”
French author Frederic Beigbeder when asked what makes a good party: “Pretty girls, Champagne and me.”
“When two people know a secret, it’s not a secret anymore.” Titta Di Girolamo, The Consequences Of Love
“Midlife is when you get to the top of the ladder and realise that you’ve had the ladder against the wrong wall,” via Tom Ford
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” George Best
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt
John Updike on living in NYC: “The true new yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”
“Outside of a dog a book is man’s best friend, inside a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx
“I act real shallow but I’m in too deep,” Dizzee Rascal, Bonkers
“Pop music will never die, it just has no direction” Bis, Action & Drama
