I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen.

John Updike, SelfConsciousness:

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

John Wooden

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Karl Marx

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Edward Dahlberg

A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.

Regina King

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Napoleon Hill

Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.

Chriscinthia Blount

No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.

Thomas Carlyle

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

John Berryman

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

Salman Rushdie

Luxury is anything that feels special. I mean, it can be a moment, it can be a walk on the beach, it could be a kiss from your child, or it could be a beautiful picture frame, a special fragrance. I think luxury doesn't necessarily have to mean expensive.

Aerin Lauder

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

Ivan Illich