I don't like to think of my readership as 'fans,' a word which has always suggested a kind of power relationship I'm uncomfortable with.
Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.
You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.
Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.
Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to.
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
My parents had this incredibly vital relationship with an audience, like muscle with blood. This was the main competition I had for my parents' attention: an audience.
We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship.
Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.
But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
I'm a relationship kind of girl. I like a twosome. Some people get excited about being single. I don't.
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
