The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent
I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.
I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person.
David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.
For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.
I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out.
Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work.
Your only purpose is to be yourself, otherwise you deprive the universe of who you came here to be.
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.
I can't even vote in America!
If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.