Contests allow no excuses, no more do friendships.
It is ourselves we encounter whenever we invent fictions.
It is not expected of critics that they should help us to make sense of our lives; they are bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we try to make sense of our lives.
It is one of the great charms of books that they have to end.
I noticed affixed to a laboratory door the following words: "Les théories passent. Le Grenouille reste. [The theories pass. The frog remains. ] &mdashJean Rostand, Carnets d'un biologiste. " There is a risk that in the less severe discipline of criticism the result may turn out to be different; the theories will remain but the frog may disappear.
The cheapest car anyone can ever own is always the car they presently own.
Refine your senses through the great masters of music, painting, and poetry.
Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.
While I don't like violent programs per se, I do like good storytelling, which made me a fan of shows like Breaking Bad and American Horror Story.