Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own read more

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.

What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives read more

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up read more

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.