Today’s Quote: Frank Zappa

 

“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.” -- Frank Zappa

Quote of the Day: Ayn Rand

“A creative man is is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” -- Ayn Rand

American novelist, philosopher, screenwriter and playwright Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum in St. Petersburgh, Russia, where she achieved some success as a writer before coming to America in 1926. Her best known works, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, identified her as the founder of the philosophical movement called Objectivism.

Today’s Quote: Albert Camus

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” -- Albert Camus

Today’s Quote: Ray Bradbury

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” -- Ray Bradbury

Today’s Quote: T.S. Eliot

“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” -- T.S. Eliot

Today’s Quote: Groucho Marx

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” -- Groucho Marx

Today’s Quote: Clive Barker

“Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.” -- Clive Barker

See January Magazine’s interview with Barker here.

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Today’s Quote: Salman Rushdie

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” -- Salman Rushdie

See January Magazine’s 2002 interview with Rushdie here.

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Today’s Quote: Neil Gaiman

“As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.” -- Neil Gaiman

See January Magazine's 2001 interview with Gaiman here.

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Today’s Quote: Margaret Atwood

“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” -- Margaret Atwood

You can see January Magazine’s 2000 interview with Atwood here.

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Today’s Quote: Dennis Lehane

“In Greek tragedy they fall from great heights ... in noir they fall from the curb.” -- Dennis Lehane

You can see January Magazine’s 2002 interview with Lehane here. 

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Today’s Quote: Martin Amis

“The easier a thing is to write then the more the writer gets paid for writing it. (And vice versa: ask the poets at the bus stop.)” -- Martin Amis

You can see January Magazine’s 2000 interview with Amis here.

The photo above is by David Middleton.

Today’s Quote: On Books & Friendship

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” -- Ernest Hemingway