The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.
You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.
If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.
If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.
The sacred attitude is, then, one of deep and fundamental respect for the real in whatever new form it may present itself.
It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.
I think theres something strangely musical about noise.
We need music," Nico said. "How's your singing?" "Um, no. Can't you just, like, tell it to open? You're the son of Hades and all. " "It's not so easy. We need music. " I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.