Writing is something I can do by myself.
I can be horrifically single-minded.
I can have an androgynous quality.
I can speak Esperanto like a native.
I can tend to over-think things.
I can clap with one hand.
I can be maternal with my friends.
One weekend it rained for 48 hours without stopping. The rain beat like bony fingers against the window panes. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Fungus was growing on the walls. I polished off a bottle of gin sitting huddled over the two-bar electric fire and...
I can handle Glory." "Can you?" Eve asked. "Because I notice you never call her Gloriana. Just Glory." He shut up. Which is probably about the only smart thing he can do, Claire thought.
You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.
The American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking, 'How can I tax my neighbor more than they're being taxed?' They say, 'How can I get a good job? How can my kids get good jobs? How can seniors have a confidence in their future when the...
1900: Take piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You're infinite... And on those keys, the music that you can make... is infinite. I like that. That I can live by...
I will work while I can.
If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.
I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.
I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.
I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.
The more of me I be, The clearer I can see.
I can never remember what I do even in the studio.
I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
I have a need to do something and know I can be successful.
