The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. - Samuel Johnson - Quotesmemo.com

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Little books are the things to write at my age, I've decided. Avoid the big ones, go for the little ones.

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Samuel Johnson

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

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Sherman Alexie

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The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.

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I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on.

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