He worked night and day. He made a coat that would transform him; he would be more than a man; a winged creature, beautiful as light. All the birds brought him feathers. Even the eagle. Even the swan.
As a kid, I loved any fantasy.
I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.
Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.
The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.
Any time you have someone come up and say they love what you do and they get great joy from it is a very humbling experience.
Keeping an open mind is always important.
You can write a 1st paragraph that continues the same thought you expressed in your headline. If you stop a reader with a headline about house paint, you can be sure of at least one thing about that reader: He wants more info about house paint. You will not lose him as long as you continue to give him what he wants.
In naked beauty more adorn'd, More lovely than Pandora.
I'm used to people with very high IQs knowing how to recognize reality, but there's a huge human tendency where it may be instructive to think that whatever you're doing to succeed is all right.
Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing.