Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase.
When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.
I think it was Fran Lebowitz who said that there are no writing prodigies. You have to have something to write about.
I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz. I say, "Well, have you taken any courses? You can't just have a passion for it; you have to prepare yourself for a life of it. "
I remember we had a visit by a helicopter at our school when I was in grade school, and I was punished that day and didn't get to see it. To this day, I am so mad I never got to see that helicopter land! I took my first ride in a helicopter recently, and that's what I thought, "Yes, finally the circle is complete!"
When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.
A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.
If you do not condemn colonialism, if you do not side with the colonial people, what kind of revolution are you waging?
We are a very, very unusual species.
Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.
If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring