Kant thinks we can show that there is no contradiction in supposing we are free.
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.
The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.
I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other in a unique way.
At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.
The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.
I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.
We can have whatever it is we choose, I don't care how big it is. You become what you think about, but you also attract what you think about most.
What's missing is the testosterone. What's missing is the fury. What's missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y'all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, 'cause that ain't here for you.
In the beginning [of my social media life], I started posting and someone I'm close to said, "you're only posting pictures of yourself in your grungy pajamas. You're an actress be aspirational. " Then I was like, "I'm not living an aspirational life on a day-to-day basis. " For a while after that I was only taking pictures of, like, objects.