Lawrence Durrell

"It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you’d do something else.” – Lawrence Durrell (British Novelist)

Blade Runner (1982), film

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” – Roy Batty, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)

Glaser and Way

"The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it." - Glaser and Way

Betrand Russell

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell

Ambrose Bierce

"To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice." - Ambrose Bierce

H. P. Lovecraft

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - H. P. Lovecraft

Amy Benfer

“There is nothing wrong with being a sex object if your object is to have sex.” – Amy Benfer

Henry Miller

“Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk” – Henry Miller (American Novelist)

Percy Bysche Shelley

“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.” – Percy Bysche Shelley (English Romantic Poet)

Speaking of Bodily Functions...

"I'm not here to wipe your ass; I'm just here to give you the key to the bathroom." - me, actually!

Something I unfortunately didn't say, but was definitely thinking when helping a customer on the copier today.

Mark Millar

"I’m always amazed to see people saying they can fire out stories and find it easy. The only thing your body can fire out easy is diarrhea and I want my comics to be a little better than that." – Mark Millar

Liam Sharp

"I can't for the life of me imagine why God would create man, but I can certainly fathom why man would need to create God."— Liam Sharp

Seth Fisher

“Art is really just problem solving in action. You start with a few lines, then you try to balance those lines with other lines compositionally, then you balance that with trying to explain a certain space or emotion….Perspective, composition, timing, and color theory are technical skills. You have a problem, and you have this toolbox full of techniques that you use to paint a totally unique bridge from an assumption to its implications.” – Seth Fisher

Philip K. Dick

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick

PSSSssst!

And don't worry, those recycled Facebook quotes will be coming just soon enough. :P

Let's Get This Party Started

Our first quote comes from my good friend:

"Sometimes you gotta give up because it's not worth your time. When the time arrives, then you depart to discover new possibilities in life. I'm out." - Jai (8/23/09)

I like it because it reminds me of the whole choice vs. destiny argument.  Sometimes you just have listen to the universe and let it decide.  As they say, don't fight the current.  Go with the flow.

Anyways, yeah, I'm not making any real original thoughts here, but the point is I like his quote.  Don't give-up the fight.  But when it's obviously not working out, move on to fight again.  Besides, it usually seems to be for the better.

If you like Jai's style, check him out at http://studio4jai.blogspot.com/

Heads Up

I'm going to start off by recycling a bunch of quotes from my Facebook page.  Yeah, pretty lazy I know, but since I never log onto my Facebook account anyways, it doesn't count!

For the record, I'll be labeling any of the recycled Facebook quotes I post with, what else, "Facebook".  But don't worry, once I blow through those, I'll start stealin--*AHErm!  I mean, recycling quotes from places other than my Facebook page.

And I must confess, I don't intend on posting any of my own personal quotes.  Mostly because I'm not nearly creative enough, or more importantly, wise enough to come up with any significant words of wisdom.  But if anything does come to mind, I'll be sure to let you know!