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John Cale

"I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels."

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"I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels."

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"Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition."

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"You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread."

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"When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?"

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"Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books."

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