Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.
Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain.
The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.
I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.
You play the golf course just like you played it in your practice rounds and you stick to your game plan and just try to get whatever you can out of it.
I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.
If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi have a particular soft spot in my heart.
A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym. " And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.