Person Quotes
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Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.
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I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.
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A person can no more make money suddenly and largely, and be unharmed by it, than one could suddenly grow from a child's stature to an adult's without harm.
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My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of.
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I'm a Rihanna, Beyoncé kind of person.
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I'm not one of those people that has to share personal experiences. That's not really the kind of writer I am. I'm a very private person to begin with.
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I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.
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Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.
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And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.
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Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch. But all those little kidnaps in the dark. And then the luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of them that hangs in your mind when you turn back to the page you were trying to translate.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
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Hangover cure: Rigorous sex, hydration, hot bath, then "go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane. (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls)."
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I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
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Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself.
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I have inner peace. It's a different person.
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The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.
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I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person standing up there strumming away.
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Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.
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If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago...
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A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
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I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and I preferred to be behind-the-scenes. I like the seclusion of composing.
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The most beautiful thing is telling someone you love them, because you can only love another person if you love yourself...
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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.
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I am home because I am a writer, but sometimes, when I'm not productive (productivity: the expectations of capitalism), I feel like a terrible housewife, or a sick person.
