William S. Burroughs Quotes
I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.
Quotes to Explore
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
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I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
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If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.
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I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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When Ozzie Virgil became the first Dominican player in the majors, his nationality was barely noticed. What the press and fans talked about was his skin color. He was the first black player on the Detroit Tigers, and a great deal of attention was paid to him as someone who crossed the color line.
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I think that the over-incarceration of black and brown folk is one of the great crimes of American society.
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I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.
