It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.'
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.
I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.
Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that the record industry is an insidious affair. It's this terrible collision between art and commerce, and it will always be that way.
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader.
These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus.
After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.
Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system
I want to meet the girl of my dreams, and then immediately try to sleep with her—for between six to eight hours.
But as an escort it’s our duty to hold their attention and play with their heads. The one between their ears and the one in their pants.
Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.
Do you think there's a difference? Between belonging with and belonging to?
Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.
It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.
I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.
I didn't say no because between safety and adventure I choose adventure.
Karena kecanggungan tidak pernah ada di antara dua orang yang tidak ada apa-apanya. So maybe there is something between us.
