That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.
The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much more bracing rivalry.
The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.
Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.
In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.
The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter.
I don't want to live in a world with blinders on.
It would be one of the most irritating experiences in the world to do a lot of work to uncover a fraud and then at have it go from X to 3X and at h the crooks happily partying with your money while you're meeting margin calls. Why would you want to go within hailing distance of that?
Revolt, it will be said, implies violence; but this is an outmoded, an incompetent conception of revolt. The most effective form of revolt in this violent world we live in is non-violence.
I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.