While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward. Al Gore Read Quote
Whitman will always be a strange and unwonted figure among his country’s poets, and among English poets generally: a cropping out again, after so many centuries, of the old bardic prophetic strain. John Burroughs Read Quote
It is a great pity but tis certain from every day’s observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out. Laurence Sterne Read Quote
I write unreliable narrators because – paradoxically – they’re the most honest, true-to-life kind there is. Ruth Ware Read Quote
Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It’s the easiest thing to do in prose, not just by writing ‘four years later’, but you can shift time in a sentence or two. Mark Boal Read Quote
If you don’t travel the world and see as much of it as you can – see different characters in different situations – then how are you going to learn? I figured the best way to do that was to explore as much as I could. Joshua Sasse Read Quote
For me, creating music is just as relaxing as sitting down and doing nothing. Jack Garratt Read Quote
The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better. Gary Wolf Read Quote
