Oliver Laric:

How an incident happens may reflect nothing about the incident itself, but it must reflect something about the person involved in the happening, and supplying the how.

Five people interpret an action, and each interpretation is different, because, in the telling, and in the retelling, the people reveal not the action, but themselves.

David Shields:

The world exists. Why recreate it?

David Shields / William Gibson:

Who owns the words?

Who owns the music and the rest of our culture?

We do -- all of us -- though not all of us know it yet.

Jim Jarmusch:

Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.

Jean-Luc Godard:

It's not where you take things from -- it's where you take them to.