We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel.
It's hard to imagine there's a place for great writing inside a multinational conglomerate.
We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live.
There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.
I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.
I think writers can gain a lot of vitality from being misread.
Hollywood is famous for breeding monsters, and having worked in the business, I've known a lot of them. But only intermittently have I ever found them monstrous. They have many other qualities.
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
The coach has put a lot of trust in me to make good decisions in the post.
I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina.
I think one of the turning points for me was when my brother recorded the Neil Young MTV "Unplugged" performance from the TV. My brother is eight years older than me and he was starting to get into things like that.