Sylvia had begun her month in New York with princessy pomp and fanfare….Her departure on June 27 was entirely different. She left New York shaken, depleted, and utterly alone.

...she could not stick by the golden mean...was always anxious to experiment in extremes...to find out what was enough by indulging herself in too much." (Gordon Lameyer)

Her attachment to language was earthy, physical, and immediate. Pretty words you could eat.

These were the new girls of New York- complete with rapid heartbeats from too much nicotine and coffee. They were nervous and fluttery but completely alluring- the new face of urban femininity.

Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.

New York is unruly, tangled. The city woos first, then mangles, then pastes back together in a fresh, dazzling mosaic.

Knowledge is just a foundation. The whole point of a foundation is to build on it.

You can only do righteous acts and good deed by grace.

If we can spend more time uprooting vices and rooting virtues, our world will be safer and better.

The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.

It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men.

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

I shall not accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need.

Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.

I dont partake in assembly-line convenience. I dont say that killing things is bad while I hire people to kill things for me.