Annie Dillard

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.

There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules.

Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor.