If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct.
I love taking chances.
There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.
Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.
I don't understand how people live without creating.
. . . we can no longer afford to throw away even one 'unimportant' day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day.
Director Michelle MacLaren is the John Cage of this malevolent silence, able to wield it as precisely as a pointillist with a paintbrush. And with 'To'hajiilee,' the final episode of Breaking Bad she'll ever direct, she has painted her masterpiece. Under the unblinking eye of her relentless camera, this was television not as entertainment but as endurance. It was agonizing, nauseating, unbearable. I loved every minute but hated every second. I couldn't wait for it to be over but I never wanted it to end. And I especially never wanted it to end like that.
I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.