Suppose you had a cross burning in a play or a movie. . . Would that be intimidating?
I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
I would love to study cultures and people.
I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.
I'm usually in jammies and slippers by 8 P. M.
I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.
I don't feel drawn to lightness, I need something more. I feel that - oh, I hate saying this, it sounds so wanky - but I feel a real urge to give voices to people we don't usually hear from in real life.
As a minister, I would rather be criticized for thoroughly weighing the options, and sometimes even voicing my doubts, than to be reproached for recklessly sending German soldiers into combat.
I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.
The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.
No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good.