And still, still, there is more to describe- we paint because drawing breath is an agony and exhaling an ecstasy and somewhere in the space in-between we think we once found a truth; and the eternal part of us desires to share this truth at all costs...
I didn't simply want children - I probably could have found someone who would have been willing to do the baby thing - I wanted them with her. I longed to see the sparkle of her eyes in the eyes of a child; to have that infectious laugh of hers comin...
MCMXIV Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the ble...
I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked [James] Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of Dublin. Never. And I don't know why I should be asked to explain your life to you. We have splendid w...
When we pick up the newspaper at breakfast, we expect - we even demand - that it brings us momentous events since the night before...We expect our two-week vacations to be romantic, exotic, cheap, and effortless..We expect anything and everything. We...
Village Boy 2: We're ashamed to live here. Our fathers are cowards. O'Reilly: Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they ...
Jody: [seeing Mia on the floor] Who's she? Lance: Look, go to the fridge and get the thing with the O.D. adrenalin shot. Jody: What's wrong with her? Vincent: She's O.D.ing! Jody: Get her the hell outta her! Lance, Vincent: GET THE SHOT! Jody: Fuck ...
I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
You never see a French person eating alone.
Never having alone time is real tough on people.
Trying to force creativity is never good.
I've never said, 'I live for art.'
I'll never be the best guitar player.
I certainly never saw myself as posh.
Never ask a bore a question.
You're never too fat for a new purse.
Classical ballet will never die.
We never see ourselves as others see us.
A little showbiz never hurt anyone.
I've never been desperate to please my father.
