Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page.
It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.
What chiefly concerns and alarms many of us are the problems arising from religious fanaticism. As long as large numbers of militant enthusiasts are persuaded that they alone have access to the truth, and that the rest of us are infidels, we remain under threat. Lord Acton's famous phrase about power can be used of another danger. Dogma tends to corrupt, and absolute dogma corrupts absolutely.
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some instances, trauma, in the shape of early separation or bereavement, has steered the potentially creative person toward developing aspects of his personality which can find fulfillment in comparative isolation. But this does not mean that solitary, creative pursuits are themselves pathological.
Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.
The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.
If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.
Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.
Of course. I loved it so much it made me want to spit on you!!
Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations.