A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
There is no better story in the Old Testament, or perhaps the whole Bible, for depicting the difference between the ladder-defined life and the cross-defined life than that of the Tower of Babel.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.
That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal.
I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.
I feel like music and acting are so much my love, and they're so much equal in my eyes. I couldn't really choose between the two.
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!
I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though.
I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most and I've had the most success with. But I'm open to all jobs and all genres.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music wise, and the elegance and the way of being.
I love Diane Keaton's style in 'Annie Hall,' but I like to think my own style is like a cross between 'Annie Hall' and Prince.
Freedom, inefficiency, and prosperity are not in it frequently found together, and it is seldom easy to distinguish between the first two.
Life should only be a competition between your new and old self, with the motive of creating a better you in the future.
Isn't it time for you to stop your fears and doubts from standing in-between you and your true destiny in life?
The journey of life is not a competition between you and others; rather, it is a quest to fulfill your true positive purpose on earth.
