Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly.
Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
The internet is now a forum for public prosecution.
Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.
I had a very public battle with anorexia.
Dare to risk public criticism.
Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.
Public influence is the real government of the world.
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
My worst fear is my music won't connect with the public.
I've not stopped going on public transport. I love going on it.
There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
I am not a public speaker and never will be.
Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any.
A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.
Academic success depends on research and publications.
The key to understanding my career is that I was never into technology. From the beginning, I brought an outsider's point of view, which is why I write for a layman's publication.
Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?
The public have neither shame or gratitude.
But secluding my experience during that early period was both cowardly and wise. Some things are too fragile, too vulnerable to bring into the public eye. Tender things with tiny roots tend to wither in the glare of public scrutiny. By holding my awa...
