To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out.
Love doesn't need a reason. Hate needs a reason.
I like it to be quiet, and it usually occurs in the morning. There are three or four places in my house where I can write and I like to keep moving around. The moment I find myself falling into a necessary routine, I change it. I'd rather not accumulate superstitions.
Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who receive no help simply because they are silent. (41)
When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us with the tools of discursive thought. . . An artist does it differently. . . their primary approach is different, even though both groups, if you will, are investigating the actual, the ideal, and the discrepancy in between.
I had not read George Eliot, so read a few. I felt ashamed I hadn't read "Middlemarch" before.
Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass - -a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited.
God works through men. I see nowhere in the Word where God picks an organization.
The treatment you permit reveals the portrait you have of yourself.
I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.
We do not know what is being done in our name. Worse, we do not ask.