No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. Ernest Lawrence individualpathprogress Change image and share on social
I think there's something beautifully old fashioned about waiting all week then sitting down and watching something on television together. I'm generation box set, accustomed to binging on multiple episodes at a time, which is fun but quite a solitary pursuit because you do it alone. Elizabeth Debicki accustombeautifullybing share on social
I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity. Embeth Davidtz acceptactivelygirl Change image and share on social
The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the experience of poetry, the meaning in poetry, is a kind of circuit that takes place between a poet, a poem and a reader, and that meaning doesn't exist or inhere in poems alone. Edward Hirsch basecircuitexist share on social
Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published. Edmund White criteriondecidediscourage share on social
There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day. Edith Pearlman breakconventionalday Change image and share on social
It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully. Elizabeth Bibesco difficultgracefullygrass Change image and share on social
You are literally never alone. While there are roughly 6.7 billion people on Earth, you may not feel that many of them at all care very much about your existence. But within your colon alone are living at least 1012 billion organisms, or roughly a thousand times the number of people on the planet. Stop your metabolic processes, and you stop theirs. Eliot Schrefer billioncarecolon share on social
The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone. Dan Savage canadiancivilequality Change image and share on social