We worry top-down, but we invest bottom-up
Genius is a talent only for living, those who possess it have little gift for dying.
I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.
Never have nights been more beautiful than these nights of anxiety. In the sky have been shining in trinity the moon, Venus and Mars. Nature has been more splendid than man.
. . . people who don't want something are less likely to get it than people who do want something.
The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.
I've had more people come up to me about 'Saving Silverman' than anything else. That and 'That Thing You Do!' But 'Saving Silverman' is the one I get most often. And I love that.
I know too much; I've seen people at their worst, at their most desperate and selfish, and this knowledge makes me wary. So I am learning to pretend, to smile, to nod, to display empathy I do not feel. I am learning to pass, to look like everyone else, even though I feel broken inside.
You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.