"[E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom."

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By and large I think art is made by people who have discipline married to talent in sufficiently large amounts to work even if they don't feel like it. Anybody can get maudlin and decide to write poetry at 11 at night; the question is, can you do it at 8:30 on a Monday morning..?

— Clive Barker