If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.
A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically.
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.
I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.
During childbirth and hospice I'll sing gospel songs that my grandma taught me when I was younger, or something I've made up, or I'll hum. I just play things that I think the audience will like.
The U. S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.