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I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

"Patti Smith: punk poet queen". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2013.

Anything that propels me to create, like [my book, Straight Walk]. It kept me inspired for almost four years.

"Patricia Velasquez – Supermodel, Actor and Author". Interview with Monica Melsness, nicheandnook.com. October 3, 2015.

Life is exponential. Two becomes four, becomes ten thousand, becomes a plague.

Paolo Bacigalupi (2010). “The Windup Girl”, p.214, Hachette UK

If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

"'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.

"I Feel Bad About My Neck" by Nora Ephron, www.nytimes.com. August 20, 2006.