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Artist’s Corner: E.M. Forster on the Common Endings of Novels
“Love, like death, is congenial to a novelist because it ends a book conveniently. He can make it a permanency, and his readers easily acquiesce, because one of the illusions attached to love is that...
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Artist’s Corner: Frank Miller on Narrative
“I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this...
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Artist’s Corner: Louis Malle on Story
“You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows.” —Louis Malle QOL: meaning and truth
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Artist’s Corner: Philipp Meyer on his new novel, Texans, and Native Americans
Harper Audio interview with Philipp Meyer on his new epic western novel, The Son. Yes, you should be reading this book. QOL: human
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Artist’s Corner: David Lynch on Desire and Ideas
“Desire for an idea is like bait. When you’re fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in–those ideas.” —David Lynch QOL:...
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Artist’s Corner: Michelangelo on His Art
“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.” —Michelangelo QOL: human
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Artist’s Corner: Francois Truffaut on Humor and Melancholy
“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it’s just wonderful.” —Francois Truffaut QOL: meaning and...
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Artist’s Corner: Giovani Giorgio Moroder on Dreams, Surviving, and...
Giorgio speaks twice: first at the beginning, then at 4:59 “Giorgio By Moroder” (2013)- Daft Punk QOL: human, beauty
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Artist’s Corner: David Byrne On the World as Poetry
“I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe–but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn’t be...
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Artist’s Corner: Cormac McCarthy on Art as Burden
“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and a burden. I certainly don’t feel that way about it. Sometimes it’s difficult. You know, you always...
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Artist’s Corner: Philipp Meyer on his new novel, Texans, and Native Americans
Harper Audio interview with Philipp Meyer on his new epic western novel, The Son. Yes, you should be reading this book. QOL: human
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Artist’s Corner: David Lynch on Desire and Ideas
“Desire for an idea is like bait. When you’re fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in–those ideas.” —David Lynch QOL:...
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Artist’s Corner: David Byrne On the World as Poetry
“I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe–but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn’t be...
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