There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now held great importance, simple but true verbal affirmations of how they felt for each other. They were words only the heart could hear and understand, words that could impart entire pentameter sonnets in their few, short syllables.
Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.
Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome.
Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.
Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.
Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side.
I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.