Thursday, April 03, 2014

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

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

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.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Today’s Quote: Albert Camus



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

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Today’s Quote: Ray Bradbury



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

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Today’s Quote: T.S. Eliot


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

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Friday, February 07, 2014

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

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Monday, February 03, 2014

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.

Photo by http://davidmiddletoncreative.com/

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Monday, January 27, 2014

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.

Photo by http://davidmiddletoncreative.com/

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

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.

Photo by http://davidmiddletoncreative.com/

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Monday, January 20, 2014

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.

The photo above is (c) David Middleton.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

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

The photo above is (c) David Middleton.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

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.

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Today’s Quote: On Books & Friendship


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

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