Given our examination of the behavior of our police forces at this moment the question of protection has an extra resonance, yes?

Wherever something is "pinned down" there's a little hole - at least one - more likely many.

If we take seriously the idea that the stories we want to hear shape the stories we can (and want to, and are allowed to) tell, then the canon emerges as something to examine very carefully.

"Influence" is itself influenced, coming from an Italian word for the outbreak of a disease (influenza, outbreak). Influence is that which flows across - permeates - the boundaries of the self.

It is worth asking who decides what's an "obsession" and where it differs from meditation or the kind of deep dwelling on a subject we see in philosophy or the work of Robert Wilson, for instance?

Admitting how ill we are, how deep the damage goes, how constantly the abuse cycle is repeated and how horribly we have failed those who most deserve our care and protection.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (whose mother died ten days after she was born) wrote a novel that anticipates Semmelweis's discovery and serves as a parable for the destructive power of decaying matter.

I'm interested in finding new and more humane modes of safety, and in exposing the arbitrary and superficial protections that have failed us.

One might say that "Torch Song" is, in part, about the urgency of the effort to pin things down and what wild dart throwing that desire leads to.

What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don't say about themselves.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.

Christian, thou knowest thou carriest Gunpowder about thee, desire those that carry Fire to keep at a Distance from thee; 'tis a dangerous Crisis when a proud Heart meets with flattering Lips.

I paint pictures which do not exist and which I would like to see.

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

What you can do with a short story that you can't do with a novel is punch someone in the gut, in the best of ways.

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.

I only had a telephone conversation with [Donald Trump], whereas [Shinzō ] Abe met with him in person.