The 'paradox' is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality 'ought to be.
The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.
It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.
There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written.
It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.
Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.
I think, we can only write very personal matters through our experience. When I named my first novel about my son A Personal Matter, I believe I knew the most important thing: there is not any personal matter; we must find the link between ourselves, our personal matter, and society.
It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn't include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, "Who's the bass player?" "Who did that?" "Who's the engineer on this?"
Remember what peace there may be in silence.
James Dean taught me not to speed, River Phoenix taught me not to DO speed, and Marlon Brando taught me to slow down on the cheeseburgers.
Everyone has been a witness sometime - It doesn't change it if you don't believe.