Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard.
There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.
I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.
Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.
The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here. " The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.
I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.
You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. . . I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.
A Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull.
In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.
No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.