The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.
You have not been given the task of creating something brand new from the vast world around you. All you are called to do is discover what is inside of you right now, the life you have been given. Once you find that, you can begin creating something ...
My goal is to be the most magical person you know. I say that all the time, because it’s an idea that really does shape my daily life. But you might not have met me, or maybe you aren’t familiar with me at all. Still, I know that you have a perso...
Individuality is different than isolation. Isolation is trying to do everything on your own, living life by yourself. Isolation happens when you choose not to be involved in any communities, making sure you keep a safe distance from people in your li...
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books...
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly the dark side is rising. Things could not have been more odd and frightening in the Middle Ages. But the tradition of artists will contin...
And I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that there could be no real joy again, that at best there might eventually be a little contentment. Everyone wanted me to get help and rejoin life, pick up the pieces and move on,...
Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach them the very basics of emotional literacy. You have to teach them how to be there for you, and part...
All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I feel inside like when you're first learning to put nail polish on your right hand with your left. You can do it, but it doesn't look ...
Without pain, there is no call for anger, much less rampaging.
Russian subs are a bargain at $60,000. Unfortunately, none of the dials or instructions are in English.
There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.
I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.
Instruction is important but inspiration kindles the candle for a life time.
Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.
On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.
We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
Aim towards enemy." - instructions on U.S. rocket launcher
Theater is there to search for questions. It doesn't give you instructions.
