Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth.
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period. ' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.
The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a small, safe place (an apartment? a room? a lap?) in which, in the companionship of a loving person, that child could discover that he or she was lovable and capable of loving in return. If a child finds this during the first years of life, he or she can grow up to be a competent, healthy person.
The financial system as a whole has had the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme if we look at it fundamentally.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.