Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you will be a mile away from him, and you will have his shoes.
P.S. It's not schizophrenia, it's creativity, there is a difference. My voices go away after I let them tell their stories.
There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to.
You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.
Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.
The legendary tumbleweed is really a nurse crop that protects the growth of prairie grasses under its shade, and then it sacrifices itself and blows away.
Cultivate the habit of making aware choice. Your choice makes your destiny. Do not be carried away by the unconscious choices.
The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away.
It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own.
I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.
I don't really read stuff on myself. I like to just kind of stay away... I don't get too involved in that.
As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.
When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.
I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.
Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.
Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.
I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.
Always be yourself and speak your truth. Better to allow others to walk away than betray your own soul.
Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.
When you live in reaction you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to.
I thought I can throw away all my memories but whenever I tell my mind to do it, memories stick it more...!!
