“The value of having an inner map of the world as it is (not as it's broadcast) is this: it allows you to know that your task is larger than yourself. If you choose, just by virtue of being a decent person, you are entrusted with passing on something of value through a dark, crazy time-preserving your integrity, in your way, by your acts and your very breathing for those who will build again when this chaos exhausts itself.” IfsKnowsWorldWayPersonsValuesDarkVirtueCrazyIntegrityTasksChaosPassingPassingsBreathingDecentMapsYou ChoosePassing OnCrazy Times Author:Michael Ventura
“We have a culture that is indirect in the extreme, where by the time you're five years old, you've watched tons of television, and have been subjected to what I call "the age of interruption," where everything is interrupted every minute. We have constant input from TV, computers, fax machines, telephones, etc. It's very hard for a modern American to have two hours of uninterrupted time. I know how it is because I insist on several hours of uninterrupted time each day, and I know how ruthless I have to be to get it.” KnowsYearsHas BeensTwoHardAgeCultureHoursKnow HowFiveModernMinutesTelevisionTvsComputerMachinesConstantExtremesFive YearsEach DayEtcTelephonesRuthlessInterruptedInputInterruptionsOld YouFive Year OldsIndirectFaxFax Machines Author:Michael Ventura
“There are writers I know and respect who are very good about what's outside, and not too hot about what's inside.” KnowsHotVery Good Author:Michael Ventura
“It may be that it is not given to us to know when we are angels. We may only be given to know when others are. This may be one of the reasons we need each other so.” KnowsNeedsMayReasonGivenAngelWe Need Each Other Book:The Zoo where You're Fed to God: A Novel Source: The Zoo where You're Fed to God: A Novel
