. . . women are better at keeping secrets, but men are more comfortable with them.
The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.
I think it was Fran Lebowitz who said that there are no writing prodigies. You have to have something to write about.
I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz. I say, "Well, have you taken any courses? You can't just have a passion for it; you have to prepare yourself for a life of it. "
I remember we had a visit by a helicopter at our school when I was in grade school, and I was punished that day and didn't get to see it. To this day, I am so mad I never got to see that helicopter land! I took my first ride in a helicopter recently, and that's what I thought, "Yes, finally the circle is complete!"
When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.
A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.
Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.
Half of all home accidents happen in the kitchen, and the family has to eat them.
I made a boy's mistake, common enough, of thinking that real life was knowing many things and many people, living dangerously in faraway places, crossing the sea, or starting a power company on the Columbia River, a steamship line in Bolivia.
My inner guidance is there for me to call on anytime I need or want extra clarity, wisdom, knowledge, support, creative inspiration, love, or companionship.