Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.
When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.
The entire history of humanity is marked by a single inexorable movement - from animal instinct toward rational thought, from inborn behavior toward acquired knowledge. A half-grown panther abandoned in the wilderness will grow up to be a perfectly normal panther. But a half-grown child similarly abandoned will grow up into an unrecognizable savage, unfit for normal society. Yet there are those who insist the opposite: that we are creatures of instinct, like wolves.
Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better.
You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.
If no one heard your sounds then you did not really make them.
When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that are physically or mentally demanding to keep myself busy until the next big idea comes.
Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny.
I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.
Don't look for an unshakable rock to stand on; there ain't any! Rather, learn how to stand still on a shaking rock!
It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general. ' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general.