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"I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules."
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"I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do."

"We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud."

"The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book."

"Some people - and a high percentage of submissives - wanted clear-cut rules. Preferred their duties laid out, like schedules and lists."

"The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?"
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"The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss."

"Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher."

"And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process."

"And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1."

"I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes."

"A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance."
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