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.

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

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

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.

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.

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.

I think the most important thing any artist can do is to constantly push themselves and improve their craft.

Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.

Repeating is the whole of living and by repeating comes understanding, and understanding is to some the most important part of living.

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.

For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.

Some people are mistaken, they think birds need feed to survive, but they don't. The main reason to feed birds is to enjoy them.

Online learning can be a lifeline to those who have obstacles, such as geographical distances or physical disabilities.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.