The first quote was made to Stravinsky after he had shown Strauss some of his works in Paris, 1914. The second quote an overheard joke of Strauss later reported to Stravinsky. Found in Kurt Wilhelm, Richard Strauss - an intimate portrait. Thames and Hudson, London, 1898. (Translated from original 1984 German edition by Mary Whittard), page 142.
Other sources
Euro Trash Cinema magazine interview (March 1996)
Commenting on a Eucharist in [Paul Schmelzer, http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/mnindy-interview, Unrepentant science-heathen PZ Myers still intends to prove 'this cracker is nothing', Minnesota Independent, 2008-07-15]
Interview in Indian Express on Reality Shows http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/clash-of-the-titans/345322/ (2008)
The Savage Nation
The Savage Nation (1995- ), 2008-07-16
Radio
2008
“The more 'otter it is, the more 'otter otters likes it”
“Orange? Like Effie's hair?" I say.
"A bit more muted," he says. "More like sunset.”
Source: Catching Fire
“I have grown more like Etrigan, and he… he too has grown more like Etrigan.”
Jason Blood, Saga of the Swamp Thing #27 ("By Demons Driven")
Swamp Thing (1983–1987)
Context: Once we were very different — our psyches constantly at war — [so] we struck a bargain, a spiritual compromise. We would grow more like each other, there would be a balance, but a bargain with a demon is no bargain at all. Demons cheat; it is their nature. Oh yes, I have grown more like Etrigan, and he… he too has grown more like Etrigan.
“The more that democracy is assumed to be inevitable, the more likely it will self-destruct.”
From Attention Deficit Democracy (Palgrave, 2006) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigrams%20Attention%20Deficit%20Democracy.htm
