As far as my experience of matrimony goes -- I think it tends to draw you out of, and away from yourself.
I want to try everything I can; I want to push my boundaries and experiment with characters and genres that I have yet to try.
I'd defend the right for any novelist to experiment with form or language, but if people don't take to it, don't react by making out that they are thick.
The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed.
Properly understood, Imagination and Prayer are directly proportional —the more they pray beyond their bounds, they expand their vision beyond their resources, their experiences, their expectations.
Democracy is always an unfinished experiment, testing the capacity of each generation to live freedom nobly.
I neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insanity, dreaming, or magic; but was determined to gaze on brilliance and gaiety at any cost.
We do not choose the one we fall in love with, and our perception of happiness is our own and is determined by what we experience...
The only place where to experience the invisible future is in the mind. The relationships we have with our minds make all the difference.
We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.
The problem with experiments has always been that human beings make the decisions on whether or not the animals have benefitted from the treatment.
Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.
Sometimes the beauty of something is created by time and experiences, and those things are often more precious to those who look hard enough, and value the burnishings.
We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.
For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the reader.
We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.
Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead.
We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing.
While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in.
