Any time I let it, the weight of living creeps in and starts to drag her down. It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored. People talk to her, but it feels like they are outside a house,...
It is of the extraordinary insights of Imam Malik that the first section of his Muwatta', which precedes even the section on ritual purity, is on the times of the prayer. It is the times of prayer that obligate purity. Observing the times of prayer i...
Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, th...
The trigger gave; I felt the smooth underside of the butt; and there, in that noise, sharp and deafening at the same time, is where it all started. I shook off the sweat and the sun. I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional...
One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.
From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say .
'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.
I say find one true friend to help you get through the tough times.
I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
No one should walk into a party and have a stamp that says 'mayor' or 'businessman' on their head. Everyone is just there to have a good time.
The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle.
When I'm single, I'm one guy, and when I'm in a relationship I'm totally another. They're both a good time.
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.
If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.
The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.
I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.
Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.
The beginning of the shows are different. One time we'll say 'Hello, Denver'. Another time we'll say 'Hello, Memphis'. It's always different.
Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.
