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Just do it!

...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped (Monty Python)

Woman : Well how'd you become king then? King Arthur : The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king. Dennis : Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

I remember everything! (Jim Steinman)

A writer puts on an outfit called narrative and thinks with his entire being (Haruki Murakami)

“When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at 4:00 am and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for 10km or swim for 1500m (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed at 9:00 pm. I keep to this routine every day without variation.”

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain (The Rolling Stones)

...haunting, handsome, almost beautiful, yet...irreducibly funny.  (James Agee on Buster Keaton's face)

Oh, Alison, my aim is true (Elvis Costello)

No wise man ever wished to be younger (Jonathan Swift)