I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt DisneyThat’s the thing about living vicariously; it’s so much faster than actual living.
Her Fearful SymmetryHateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
The Iliad…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.
The IliadA great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
To Jerusalem and BackPerhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.
Jayber CrowI do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Jane Austen's Letters