Diz Jack Kerouac sobre rotinas de escrita

"I had a ritual once of lighting a candle and writing by its light and blowing it out when I was done for the night … also kneeling and praying before starting (I got that from a French movie about George Frideric Handel) … but now I simply hate to write. My superstition? I’m beginning to suspect the full moon. Also I’m hung up on the number nine though I’m told a Piscean like myself should stick to number seven; but I try to do nine touchdowns a day, that is, I stand on my head in the bathroom, on a slipper, and touch the floor nine times with my toe tips, while balanced. This is incidentally more than yoga, it’s an athletic feat, I mean imagine calling me ‘unbalanced’ after that. Frankly I do feel that my mind is going. So another ‘ritual’ as you call it, is to pray to Jesus to preserve my sanity and my energy so I can help my family: that being my paralyzed mother, and my wife, and the ever-present kitties. Okay?"
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Desconfortos revisitados / Déjà Vu

Sam Riley em "On The Road", de Walter Salles

"Num bar, em Bozeman, bebemos uma última rodada de cerveja e eu discuto estradas de regresso com o John. Depois dizemos coisas superficiais acerca de como tudo foi bom e que voltaremos a ver-nos uns aos outros em breve, e de súbito torna-se muito triste termos de falar assim, como conhecidos casuais."
Robert M. Pirsig, in A Arte da Manutenção de Motociclos

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