The bubble's been engineered to allow us to learn from within it.
I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. . . . you walk with political steps on political ground.
Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity. A swarm of new questions emerges from every problem that they solve. Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous 'I don't know. '
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.
I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy.
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.