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		You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There's texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I'm a great believer in reading aloud.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Janet Fitch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I like things simple. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Valentino Garavani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Gagosian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saint Teresa of Avila 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fanny Brice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lance Loud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I could do whatever I liked to do during the day. I didn't have to work in an office. I could work at home. I could work at my leisure. I worked 'til four in the morning. I worked with the TV and radio on - it was a great setup. I was a night person and still am. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Kirby 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Waris Dirie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alice Oswald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gregory 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There's texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I'm a great believer in reading aloud. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Janet Fitch