They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed.

In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g.

Even their insistence on educating their children, the last reflex of any exploited group before it sank into submission, marked the end of their resistance.

Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator.

He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs."One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".

this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence.

In order really to write one has to sink deep into the self and become lost there.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.

Why would you want someone who is conflicted and doesn't know if they love you or not?

I thought there would be more time in my trailer to write during 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' but I seem to be always flying in a harness and conquering supervillains instead.

With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.

You know what’s more insane than [slaughterhouses]? Meat eaters. Walking around, acting like their lifestyle isn’t causing any harm.

The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in the hands of several artists to see if somebody wants to film at the start of [2006].

Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.

Feminism has neglected the needs of woman of color and people of color in general. But I don't think it means that we should overlook feminism as having nothing valuable to contribute.