I didn’t like how my body seemed to be intent on sabotaging my brain, especially since my brain was so good at sabotaging itself.
I think that I recall the nostalgic '50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed.
I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.
Orange?" He seems unconvinced. "Not bright orange. But soft. Like the sunset," I say. "At least, that's what you told me once.
Kids today are so intelligent and computer savvy, so pairing an interactive computer world with something cuddly seems like a natural fit.
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.
But one needs to bear in mind that things are not always what they seem and, contrary to the dead stillness of a photograph, reality is in a state of perpetual flux.
There is not a man of common sense who would not chuse to be agreeable in company; and yet, strange as it may seem, very few are
When the world seems against you then your own confident and willpower will lead you till you reach your goal..
My earliest poems appear almost skeletal to me now - it seems I've learned to add meat, muscle and a nice suit of clothes.
Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.
At the back of my mind I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up since I didn’t seem to be getting any better at goalkeeping.
It is wonderful how much news there is when people write every other day; if they wait for a month, there is nothing that seems worth telling.
If I gain support, the support doesn't seem to mean anything. It's not like anyone really cares about me.
Creativity is how we cope with creation. While creation sometimes seems a bit un-graspable, or even pointless, creativity is always meaningful.
All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.
I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
A well dressed woman usually is covered by a unique umbrella called elegance, which many can't seem to find.
Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
