"To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation; we need to see over-all patterns in our lives...."
- Oliver Sacks
"The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And ..."
- Robert De Niro
"Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact."
- Marlene Dietrich
"It doesn’t matter if I’m off the beat. It doesn’t matter if I’m snapping to the rhythm. It doesn’t matter if I look like a complete goon when I dance. It is my dance. It is my moment. It is mine. And ..."
- Dan Pearce
"Alcohol lowered inhibitions. It didn't create impulses that weren't there."
- Chelsea Scott