To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it. Jeanette Winterson lifeluminousprivation Change image and share on social
Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life. Jeanette Winterson findgrailheart Change image and share on social
My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew. Peter Falk fatherhaddaknow share on social
At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what this entailed, exactly - a room, I supposed. A room and books and paper and solitude. Patrick deWitt agebookdecide Change image and share on social
Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life. Jeanne Moreau deathdieknow Change image and share on social
I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. Giacomo Casanova agentbeginconfession Change image and share on social
As a species, taking all in all, we are still too young, too juvenile, to be trusted. We have spread across the face of the earth in just a few thousand years, no time at all as evolution clocks time, covering all livable parts of the planet, endangering other forms of life, and now threatening ourselves. Lewis Thomas clockcoverearth share on social
I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed. Michael Caine headlifelisten Change image and share on social
Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple. Cheryl Ladd gamegodgolf Change image and share on social
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. Camille Paglia academeamericaamerican share on social