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Quotes

Forest Whitaker (1961– )

“I can play a man who’s despicable. But I’ll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.”
Forest Whitaker (1961– )

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), cinematography by Robby Müller.

Chris Isaak (1956– )

“What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way
“What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you
“What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way
“What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you”
Chris Isaak (1956– )

Chris Isaak by Herb Ritz.

Margery Allingham (1904–1966)

“I write every paragraph four times—once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I had only just thought of it.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966)

Photographer unidentified.

Ben Burtt (1948– )

“Your success as an artist, to say something new, ultimately depends on the breadth of your education. My recommendation would be to major in an area other than film, develop a point of view, and then apply that knowledge to film. Because if film is all you know, you cannot help but make derivative work. I found that what I had learned about sound, history, biology, English, physics all goes into the mix.”
Ben Burtt (1948– )

Photographer uncredited.

Eiko Ishioka (1938–2012)

“I’m not genius, I’m disciplined.”
Eiko Ishioka (1938–2012)

Photo courtesy of American Zoetrope/Lucasfilm, Ltd.

Audrey Niffeneggar (1963– )

“I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of fed up with realism. After all, there’s enough reality already; why make more of it? Why not leave realism for the memoirs of drug addicts, the histories of salt, the biographies of porn stars? Why must we continue to read about the travails of divorced people or mildly depressed Canadians when we could be contemplating the shopping habits of zombies, or the difficulties that ensue when living and dead people marry each other? We should be demanding more stories about faery handbags and pyjamas inscribed with the diaries of strange women.”
Audrey Niffeneggar (1963– )

Audrey Niffenegger stands in front of the Harley Clarke Mansion on March 11. Earlier in the week, the Evanston City Council selected the proposal of Ms. Niffenegger’s group, the Artists Book House, for a book arts center at the mansion, 2603 Sheridan Road.

Douglas Adams (1952–2001)

“Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
Douglas Adams (1952–2001)

Photo by Jill Furmanovsky.