I feel that Julian Assange came to be both paranoid and self-regarding in ways that ultimately undermined his own mission.
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
There are no ordinary cats.
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
Chance, my master and my friend, will, I feel sure, deign once again to send me the spirits of his unruly kingdom. All my trust is now in him- and in myself. But above all in him, for when I go under he always fishes me out, seizing and shaking me like a life-saving dog whose teeth tear my skin a little every time. So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
Angie [Harmon] is a beautiful and stunning woman, and we both have really good qualities that complement each other. We both look very different and we have different energies, but it really works. We're lucky. When we do scenes together, I do feel like there's a certain magic that you can't always say happens.
A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.
Don't let them tell us stories
Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.