Annie Dillard

The writer studies literature, not the world.

When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.